Visceral leishmaniasis in captive wild canids in Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 146-151

  Luppi, Marcela M ^a   Malta, Marcelo C C ^a   Silva, Teane M A ^b   Silva, Fabiana L ^b   Motta, Rafael O C ^a   Miranda, Ildikó ^c   Ecco, Roselene ^b   Santos, Renato L ^b  

^a Fundacao Zoo Botanica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerdocyon thous; Chrysocyon brachyurus; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Lycalopex vetulus; Spheotos venaticos

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FOX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BRAZIL; CANIDAE; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHRYSOCYON BRACHYURUS; DUSICYON THOUS; LEISHMANIA SP.; MAMMALIA; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; SPEOTHOS VENATICUS;

EID: 45549102048     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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