Spirocercosis-associated esophageal sarcomas in dogs: A retrospective study of 17 cases (1997-2003)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 209-221

  Ranen, Eyal ^a   Lavy, Eran ^a   Aizenberg, Izhac ^a   Perl, Shmuel ^b   Harrus, Shimon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dog; Esophagus; Fibrosarcoma; Osteosarcoma; Spirocercosis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

DORAMECTIN; DOXORUBICIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EGG; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBROSARCOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOMA; SPIROCERCA LUPI; SPIROCERCOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; VOMITING;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1642554609     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.10.023     Document Type: Article

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