Clinical and hematological signs associated with dogs naturally infected by Hepatozoon sp. and with other hematozoa: A retrospective study in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-8

  Mundim, Antonio Vicente ^a   Morais, Iara Aparecida de ^a   Tavares, Marcelo ^a   Cury, Márcia Cristina ^a   Mundim, Maria José Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clinical aspects; Dogs; Hematology; Hepatozoon sp.

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG; EHRLICHIA; EOSINOPENIA; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEPATOZOON; HYPERTHERMIA; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTOZOON;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

BABESIA SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA SP.; HEPATOZOON;

EID: 41149175904     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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