Neospora caninum associated with septic peritonitis in an adult dog

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-238

  Holmberg, Tara A ^a   Vernau, William ^a   Melli, Ann C ^a   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal fluid analysis; Cytology; Dog; Neospora; Peritonitis; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCITES FLUID; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PERITONITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITIC FLUID; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; MALE; NEOSPORA; PERITONITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33745672110     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2006.tb00121.x     Document Type: Article

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