CASE REPORTS: Disseminated chlorellosis in a dog

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-443

  Quigley, R R ^a,c   Knowles, K E ^a   Johnson, G C ^b  

^a Veterinary Neurological Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Oakland Veterinary Referral Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Algae; Canine diseases; Chlorella; Dogs; Meningitis

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLORELLA (CHLORELLALES); CHLORELLA (PRASIOLALES); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED CHLOROPHYCEAE); CHLORELLA (UNCLASSIFIED TREBOUXIOPHYCEAE); CHLOROPHYTA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MENINX; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; CHLORELLA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; INFECTION; MENINGES; SPINAL CORD; TONGUE;

EID: 67649979902     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.08-VP-0142-Q-BC     Document Type: Article

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