Babesia canis infection in a splenectomized dog

Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-19

  Camacho, A T ^a   Pallas, E ^b   Gestal, J J ^c   Guitian F J ^a   Olmeda, A S ^d  

^a Laboratorio Lema and Bandin   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL XERAL CÍES   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Dog parasitical disease; Natural infection; Parasitaemia; Southern Europe; Spain; Splenectomy; Vigo

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SPLENECTOMY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PARASITEMIA; SPAIN; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0036523171     PISSN: 00379085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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