Hepatozoonosis in a dog with skeletal involvement and meningoencephalomyelitis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-125

  Marchetti, Veronica ^a   Lubas, George ^a   Baneth, Gad ^b   Modenato, Mario ^a   Mancianti, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Genetic characterization; Hepatozoon canis; Meningoencephalomyelitis; PCR; Periosteal reaction

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; HEPATOZOON CANIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 67549133543     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2008.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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