Clinicopathological changes and effect of imidocarb therapy in dogs experimentally infected with Babesia canis

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-33

  Máthé, Ákos ^a   Voros K ^a   Nemeth T ^a   Biksi, I ^a   Hetyey, Cs ^a   Manczur, F ^a   Tekes, L ^b  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Babesiosis; Clinicopathology; Dog; Experimental; Imidocarb

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; IMIDOCARB;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; IMIDOCARB; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 30944451563     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.1.3     Document Type: Article

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