The South African form of severe and complicated canine babesiosis: Clinical advances 1994-2004

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 126-139

  Jacobson, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia rossi; Clinical disease; Hypoxia; Pathology; Pathophysiology; Shock; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA ROSSI; BABESIOSIS; BLEEDING; BRAIN INFECTION; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM INJURY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HYPERLACTATEMIA; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG EDEMA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; VASCULAR NECROSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; BABESIA ROSSI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33646368378     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.047     Document Type: Article

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