Long QT syndrome in dogs with tick toxicity (Ixodes holocyclus)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 611-616

  Campbell, F E ^a   Atwell, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE; IXODES; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BREEDING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; IXODES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEENSLAND; TICK TOXICOSES;

EID: 0036776937     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2002.tb10963.x     Document Type: Article

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