Diurnal variation in microfilaremia in a cat experimentally infected with larvae of Dirofilaria immitis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 267-271

  Hayasaki, M ^a   Okajima, J ^b   Song, K H ^a   Shiramizu, K ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Dirofilaria immitis; Microfilaria; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CAT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; INOCULATION; LARVA; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICROFILARIA;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037434452     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00356-4     Document Type: Article

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