Is there a better way to administer heartworm adulticidal therapy?

Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Atkins, Clarke ^a   Miller, Matthew W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; IMMITICIDE; MACROLIDE; MELARSOMINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; THIACETARSAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOREXIA; CAT; COLLAPSE; COST OF ILLNESS; COUGHING; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEVER; LASSITUDE; LETHARGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0038631841     PISSN: 87507943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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