Bacterial meningoencephalomyelitis in dogs: A retrospective study of 23 cases (1990-1999)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-163

  Radaelli, Simona T ^a   Platt, Simon R ^b  

^a Facolta' di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Blood brain barrier; Cerebrospinal fluid; Dog; Meningitis; Pyrexia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; BACTERIA; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036517411     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb02348.x     Document Type: Review

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