Pulmonary adiaspiromycosis in a European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) in Portugal

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 274-275

  Seixas, F ^a   Travassos, P ^a   Pinto, M L ^a   Pires, I ^a   Pires, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEDGEHOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PORTUGAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CHRYSOSPORIUM; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 33644927245     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.8.274     Document Type: Article

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