Ultrasonographic features of peritoneal cestodiasis caused by Mesocestoides sp. in a dog and in a cat

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 417-422

  Venco, Luigi ^a   Kramer, Laura ^b   Pagliaro, Luigi ^c   Genchi, Claudio ^d  

^a Viale Cremona   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Clinica Veterinaria Sant'Angelo Lodigiano   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Mesocestoides sp.; Peritoneal cestodiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CESTODIASIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MESOCESTOIDEA; PERITONEAL DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; MESOCESTOIDES; PERITONEAL DISEASES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; MESOCESTOIDES;

EID: 26944457688     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2005.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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