Electrocardiographic changes and cardiac pathology in canine babesiosis

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-23

  Dvir, Eran ^a   Lobetti, Remo G ^a   Jacobson, Linda S ^a   Pearson, Joyce ^a   Becker, Piet J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Low R amplitude Myocardial necrosis; Pericardial effusion Babesiosis; Sinoatrial block

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646347775     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1760-2734(06)70060-1     Document Type: Article

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