Coinfection with multiple tick-borne and intestinal parasites in a 6-week-old dog

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 619-622

  Gal, Arnon ^a,b   Harrus, Shimon ^a   Arcoh, Itamar ^a   Lavy, Eran ^a   Aizenberg, Itzhak ^a   Mekuzas Yisaschar, Yael ^a   Baneth, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESTODIASIS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISOSPORA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GIARDIA; HEPATOZOON CANIS; ISOSPORA; IXODIDA;

EID: 34447135697     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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