Histoplasmosis in dogs and cats

Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 227-232

  Brömel, Catharina ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Dog; Fungi; Histoplasmosis; Infection epidemiology; Infection etiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HISTOPLASMOSIS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 27544441109     PISSN: 10962867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctsap.2005.07.003     Document Type: Article

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