Hepatozoon spp.: Report of some cases in dogs in Brasília, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 243-248

  Paludo, Giane Regina ^a   Dell'Porto, Arlete ^a   De Castro E Trindade, Ana Raquel ^a   McManus, Concepta ^a   Friedman, Horácio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs; Hepatozoon spp.; Hepatozoonosis; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASE; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITEMIA; PROTOZOON; SPECIES COMPARISON; ZOONOSIS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347318108     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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