Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in rabbits

Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-93

  Harcourt Brown, F M ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Eye; Kidney; Rabbit; Serology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARPROFEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIAZEPAM; FENBENDAZOLE; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; MELOXICAM; MIDAZOLAM; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PROCHLORPERAZINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; EYE SURGERY; FLUID INTAKE; KIDNEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RABBIT; SEIZURE; SERODIAGNOSIS; URETHRITIS; UVEITIS; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 2342500423     PISSN: 1055937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.saep.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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