Granulomatous hepatitis associated with Hepatozoon sp. meronts in a southern water snake (Nerodia fasciata pictiventris)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-71

  Wozniak, Edward J ^a   Telford Jr , Sam R ^b   DeNardo, Dale F ^c   McLaughlin, G L ^d   Butler, Jerry F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Granulomatous hepatitis; Hemogregarine; Hepatozoon; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HEPATITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; PARASITEMIA; PARASITIC LIVER DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SNAKE; UNITED STATES;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS, ANIMAL; INSECT VECTORS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITEMIA; SNAKES;

EID: 0032014039     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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