Canine hepatozoonosis in Brazil: Description of eight naturally occurring cases

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 319-323

  Gondim, Luís F P ^a   Kohayagawa, Aguemi ^a   Alencar, Nayro X ^a   Biondo, Alexander W ^a   Takahira, Regina K ^a   Franco, Sônia R V ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Hepatozoon canis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; GAIT DISORDER; GAMETOCYTE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; MALE; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PAIN; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PARASITEMIA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032583771     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01120-X     Document Type: Article

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