Naturally occurring cerebrospinal parelaphostrongylosis in a heifer

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-291

  Duncan Jr , Robert B ^a   Patton, Sharon ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; FEMALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; SPINAL CORD; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032113529     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000313     Document Type: Article

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