Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases of Ferrets

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Exotic Animal Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-561

  Powers, Lauren V ^a  

^a Carolina Veterinary Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Ferrets; Heartworm Disease; Heliobacter mustela; Mustela putorius furo; Mycobacteriosis; Parasitic

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FERRET; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FERRETS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO;

EID: 69349104113     PISSN: 10949194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvex.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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