Dirofilaria immitis in an African lion (Panthera leo)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 240-242

  Ruiz de Ybanez M R ^a   Martinez Carrasco C ^a   Martinez J J ^a   Ortiz, J M ^a   Attout, T ^b   Bain, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARCASS; COUGHING; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; INFECTION RISK; LION; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FILARIOIDEA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 33344473601     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.7.240     Document Type: Article

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