Disseminated angiostrongylosis with fatal cerebral haemorrhages in two dogs in Germany: A clinical case study

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 100-108

  Denk, D ^a   Matiasek, K ^a   Just, F T ^a   Hermanns, W ^a   Baiker, K ^a   Herbach, N ^a   Steinberg, T ^a   Fischer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Disseminated angiostrongylosis; Dog; Germany; Intracranial haemorrhages

Indexed keywords

D DIMER;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOG; EUTHANASIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HEART; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNILATERAL BLINDNESS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GERMANY; LUNG; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEMATODA;

EID: 59649114290     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.077     Document Type: Article

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