Trypanosoma avium incidence, pathogenicity and response to melarsomine in falcons from Kuwait

Parasite

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-87

  Tarello, W ^a  

^a International Veterinary Hospital   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Bird of prey; Chemotherapy; Falcon; Kuwait; Melarsomine; Pathogenicity; Trypanosoma avium

Indexed keywords

MELARSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; KUWAIT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PATHOGENICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA AVIUM; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 15944414504     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2005121085     Document Type: Article

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