First record of Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides from domestic dogs in Namibia

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 220-221

  Schwan, E V ^a   Schroter F G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Windhoek Veterinary Clinic Tierklinik   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema dracunculoides; Acid phosphatase staining; Dog; Microfilariae

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; IVERMECTIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACANTHOCHEILONEMA DRACUNCULOIDES; ANIMAL LAMENESS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CORNEA EDEMA; DIPETALONEMA; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GIEMSA STAIN; HEPATOMEGALY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); NAMIBIA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPETALONEMA DRACUNCULOIDES;

EID: 34047141797     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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