Pulmonary arterial disease in cats seropositive for Dirofilaria immitis but lacking adult heartworms in the heart and lungs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1544-1549

  Browne, Leanne E ^a,c   Carter, Todd D ^b   Levy, Julie K ^a   Snyder, Patti S ^a,d   Johnson, Calvin M ^b  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c K's Animal Hospital   (United States)

^d North Florida Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HEART; LUNG; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; VERMES;

EID: 27744569819     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1544     Document Type: Article

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