Cerebral larva migrans in a raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-620

  Hamir, A N ^a   Snyder, D E ^b   Lichtenfels, J R ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ascarid nematode; Cerebrum; Larva migrans; Procyon lotor; Raccoons

Indexed keywords

BAYLISASCARIS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCARIDIA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; RACCOON; VISCERAL LARVA MIGRANS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ASCARIDIA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; LARVA; LARVA MIGRANS, VISCERAL; RACCOONS;

EID: 0033228333     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-6-618     Document Type: Article

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