Clinical differentiation between dogs with benign and malignant spirocercosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 80-88

  Dvir, Eran ^a   Kirberger, Robert M ^a   Mukorera, Varaidzo ^a   van der Merwe, Liesel L ^a   Clift, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dog; Hypertrophic osteopathy; Oesophageal nodule; Sarcoma; Spirocercosis

Indexed keywords

SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DOG; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HYPERTROPHY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NEMATODIASIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; SALIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPIROCERCOSIS; SPONDYLITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BONE DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; MALE; SARCOMA; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

EID: 45549097855     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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