Clinical significance of feline heartworm disease

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1547-1565

  Dillon, R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THIACETARSAMIDE;

CAT DISEASE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FILARIASIS; HEART DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031728350     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-5616(98)50136-2     Document Type: Review

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