First report of canine African trypanosomosis in the UK

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 658-661

  Gow, A G ^a   Simpson, J W ^a   Picozzi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; FATALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; GREAT BRITAIN; MALE; QUARANTINE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 35748957466     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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