Dermatitis in a dog associated with an unidentified Toxoplasma gondii-like parasite

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-59

  Dubey, J P ^a   Pimenta, A L ^b   Abboud, L C S ^b   Ravasani, R R ^b   Mense, M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Inst Munic Med Vet Jorge V   (Brazil)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Dermatitis; Dog; Neospora caninum; Protozoa; Skin; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DOG; EHRLICHIA; ELECTRON; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MEROZOITE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SCHIZONT; SERUM; SKIN DEFECT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

APICOMPLEXA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0142250874     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00240-1     Document Type: Article

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