Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of blastomycosis in dogs and cats

Clinical Techniques in Small Animal Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-239

  Brömel, Catharina ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastomycosis; Cat; Dog; Fungi; Infection epidemiology; Infection etiology

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CANADA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; UNITED STATES;

AJELLOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FUNGI;

EID: 27544496963     PISSN: 10962867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ctsap.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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