Histoplasmosis in a dog from New Brunswick

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 734-736

  Tyre, Erica ^a,b   Eisenbart, David ^a   Foley, Peter ^a   Burton, Shelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b VCA Canada Alta Vista Animal Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; NEW BRUNSWICK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34547802808     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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