Heartworm infection in cats: 50 Cases (1985-1997)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 355-358

  Atkins, Clarke E ^a   DeFrancesco, Teresa C ^a   Coats, Julie R ^a   Sidley, Jennifer A ^a   Keene, Bruce W ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034241650     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.355     Document Type: Article

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