Immunotherapy for treatment of multicentric cutaneous pythiosis in a dog

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Hensel, Patrick ^a   Greene, Craig E ^a   Medleau, Linda ^a   Latimer, Kenneth S ^a   Mendoza, Leonel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FUNGUS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG DISEASE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABORATORY TEST; MYCOSIS; OOMYCETES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SKIN INFECTION; URINALYSIS; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 0038161249     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.215     Document Type: Article

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