Spirocerca lupi infection in the dog: A review

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 294-309

  van der Merwe, Liesel L ^a   Kirberger, Robert M ^a   Clift, Sarah ^a   Williams, Mark ^a   Keller, Ninette ^a   Naidoo, Vinny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Doramectin; Dyspnoea; Neoplastic transformation; Oesophageal sarcoma; Regurgitation; Spondylitis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DISOPHENOL; DORAMECTIN; DOXORUBICIN; IVERMECTIN; NITROXINIL; PREDNISOLONE; ZINC SULFATE;

AORTA ANEURYSM; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG DISEASE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FIBROBLAST; FOOD REGURGITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MONOTHERAPY; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SEROLOGY; SPIROCERCA LUPI; SPIROCERCOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; STOMACH MUCOSA; THORACIC AORTA; TOXICITY; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IVERMECTIN; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; COLEOPTERA; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

EID: 42949112614     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.02.032     Document Type: Review

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