Treatment of meningoencephalitis of unknown origin in a dog

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 627-629

  Behr, S ^a   Llabres Diras F J L ^a   Radaelli, S T ^a  

^a DAVIES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; CYTARABINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DOG; DOG DISEASE; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYCLOSPORINE; CYTARABINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67649409193     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.20.627     Document Type: Article

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