Visceral leishmaniasis in the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) in south-east Brazil

Veterinary Record

Volumn 147, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 421-422

  Silva, E S ^a   Pirmez, C ^a   Gontijo, C M F ^a   Fernandes, O ^a   Brazil, R P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERDOCYON; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DUSICYON THOUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FOX; LIVER; NOSE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FOXES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER; NOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034619016     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.147.15.421     Document Type: Article

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