Hypercalcaemia associated with Angiostrongylus vasorum in three dogs

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Boag, A K ^a   Murphy, K F ^b   Connolly, D J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CALCITRIOL; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; DIACETAZOTOL; ENROFLOXACIN; FENBENDAZOLE; FUROSEMIDE; PREDNIDALE; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DOG; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOSIS; HYPERCALCEMIA; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LUNG GRANULOMA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 13844289162     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2005.tb00297.x     Document Type: Article

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