Ivermectin toxicosis in a chameleon (Chamaeleo senegalensis) infected with Foleyella furcata

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 115-117

  Szell Z ^a   Sreter T ^a   Varga, I ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Chamaeleo senegalensis; Foleyella furcata; Ivermectin; Reptiles; Senegalese chameleon

Indexed keywords

CHAMAELEO SENEGALENSIS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; FOLEYELLA; FOLEYELLA FURCATA; LUEHEIA; REPTILIA;

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; IVERMECTIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MALE; MICROFILARIA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARICIDES; FILARIOIDEA; IVERMECTIN; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROFILARIA;

EID: 0041630842     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2001)032[0115:ITIACC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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