Cardiac involvement in canine babesiosis

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 4-8

  Lobetti, R G ^a  

^a Bryanston Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Complication; Dog; Heart; Therapy; Troponin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; OXYGEN; TROPONIN I;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOPSY; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIURETIC THERAPY; DOG DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INFLAMMATION; INOTROPISM; MICROTHROMBUS; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA VOLUME; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TROPONIN I;

EID: 19844380653     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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