Taenia serialis causing exophthalmos in a pet rabbit

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-230

  O'Reilly, Anu ^a   McCowan, Christina ^b   Hardman, Chloe ^a   Stanley, Robin ^a  

^a Animal Eye Care   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coenurus; Cyst; Exophthalmos; Fine needle aspirate (FNA); Rabbit; Taenia serialis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EXOPHTHALMOS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TAENIA; TAENIA SERIALIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TAENIA; TAENIA SERIALIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CYSTICERCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXOPHTHALMOS; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; MALE; RABBITS; TAENIA;

EID: 0036719689     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2002.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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