Helminth Parasites of the Canine and Feline Respiratory Tract

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1109-1126

  Conboy, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Angiostrongylus vasorum; Crenosoma vulpis; Eucoleus aerophilus; Eucoleus boehmi; Filaroides hirthi; Filaroides milksi; Oslerus osleri; Paragonimus kellicotti

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; ALBENDAZOLE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT; FEBANTEL; FENBENDAZOLE; IMIDACLOPRID; IVERMECTIN; MILBEMYCIN; MOXIDECTIN; PRAZIQUANTEL; SELAMECTIN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ASCITES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPILLARIA; CAT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FECES ANALYSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMIASIS; PARAGONIMUS KELLICOTTI; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRENOSOMA VULPIS; EUCOLEUS; EUCOLEUS AEROPHILUS; FELIDAE; FILAROIDES; OSLERUS OSLERI; PARAGONIMUS KELLICOTTI; VERMES;

EID: 71849087626     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2009.06.006     Document Type: Review

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