Evidence of Brucella infection in Parafilaroides lungworms in a Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 298-303

  Garner, Michael M ^a   Lambourn, Dyanna M ^b   Jeffries, Steven J ^b   Hall, P Briggs ^b   Rhyan, Jack C ^c   Ewalt, Darla R ^c   Polzin, Linda M ^d   Cheville, Norman F ^e  

^a NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^c National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^d Washington State Department of Agriculture   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LUNG; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DOLPHINS; FEMALE; LARVA; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; NEMATODA; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; SEALS, EARLESS; UTERUS;

EID: 0031178728     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879700900311     Document Type: Article

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