The infection of a dog with the zoonosis Dirofilaria repens in Germany;Der zoonoseerreger Dirofilaria repens bei einem hund in Deutschland

Kleintierpraxis

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 470-475

  Kempf, Tanja ^a,f   Beardi, Bärbel ^b   Naucke, Torsten J ^c,d   Gardiner, Chris H ^e   König, Florian ^a  

^a Kleintierpraxis Dr König   (Germany)

^b GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^c SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Occupational and Environmental Health Threats Directorate of Combat and Doctrine Development   (United States)

^f Kleintierpraxis Dr Florian König ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirofilariasis; Knott Test; Subcutaneous worm granuloma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA REPENS;

EID: 33749324490     PISSN: 00232076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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