Haematological and biochemical changes in dogs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum before and after treatment

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-111

  Willesen, Jakob L ^a   Jensen, Asger L ^a   Kristensen, Annemarie T ^a   Koch, Jørgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus vasorum; Biochemistry; Haematology; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLOBULIN; IMIDACLOPRID; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MOXIDECTIN; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HELMINTHIASIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 60849094829     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.10.018     Document Type: Article

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