Radiography for the diagnosis of spirocercosis in apparently healthy dogs, St. Kitts, West Indies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 337-339

  Fisher, M M ^a   Morgan, J P ^a   Krecek, R C ^a,b   Kelly, P J ^a  

^a ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dog; Radiographs; Spirocerca lupi

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROCERCOSIS; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; SPIROCERCA LUPI;

EID: 61349124171     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.021     Document Type: Article

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