Disseminated Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum infection in a captive mara (Dolichotis patagonum)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 426-428

  Rosas Rosas, A ^a   Juan Salles C ^a   Rodriguez Arellanes G ^b   Taylor, M L ^b   Garner, M M ^c  

^a Africam Safari   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c NORTHWEST ZOOPATH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; MALE; MEXICO; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN;

AJELLOMYCES; AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; ANIMALIA; DOLICHOTIS; DOLICHOTIS PATAGONUM; FUNGI;

EID: 6344239104     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.14.426     Document Type: Article

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