Aetiology of canine otitis externa: A retrospective study of 100 cases

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 341-347

  Saridomichelakis, Manolis N ^a   Farmaki, Rania ^b   Leontides, Leonidas S ^a   Koutinas, Alexander F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; GREECE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GREECE; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; PEDIGREE; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA;

EID: 34548570544     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2007.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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