Post-traumatic complication due to Wohlfahrtia magnifica larvae on a horse

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 170-172

  Diakakis, N ^a   Papadopoulos, E ^a   Hall, M J R ^b   Desiris, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBACTAN; FINIXIN; FLUNIXIN MEGLUMINE; INSECT REPELLENT; PENICILLIN G POTASSIUM; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; PHENYLBUTAZONE; STOP LAC; SULBACTAM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEBRIDEMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; FLY; HORSE DISEASE; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN EXFOLIATION; WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA; WOUND HEALING;

EQUUS CABALLUS; INSECTA; WOHLFAHRTIA MAGNIFICA;

EID: 32944465587     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.5.170     Document Type: Article

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