Angiostrongylus vasorum infection in a coyote (Canis latrans) from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 816-819

  Bourque, Andrea ^a   Whitney, Hugh ^b   Conboy, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Newfoundland Department of Natural Resources   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Canis latrans; Coyote; Histology; Pneumonia; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIS LATRANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 33144464976     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.816     Document Type: Article

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