Verminous pneumonia due to Filaroides hirthi in a Scottish terrier in Spain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 586-589

  Caro Vadillo, A ^a   Martinez Merlo E ^a   Garcia Real I ^a   Fermin Rodriguez M L ^a   Mateo, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; FENBENDAZOLE; PREDNISONE; TOLFENAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DOG DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; FILARIOIDES HIRTHI; LARVAL STAGE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SEROLOGY; SPAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FILARIOIDEA; FILAROIDES;

EID: 28044433205     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.19.586     Document Type: Article

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