Onchocercosis: A newly recognized disease in dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Sréter, Tamás ^a   Széll, Zoltán ^a  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Animal model; Canids; Dermatitis; Dog; Eye disease; Onchocerca lupi; Wolf; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARPROFEN; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMETHASONE PLUS NEOMYCIN PLUS POLYMYXIN; MELARSAMINE; NEOMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMYXIN; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODEL; DOG DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; HOST SELECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI; UNGULATA;

EID: 37049033083     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.008     Document Type: Review

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