Heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) infection in a leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) housed in a zoological park in north-eastern Italy

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mazzariol, Sandro ^a   Cassini, Rudi ^a   Voltan, Laura ^b   Aresu, Luca ^a   Frangipane Di Regalbono, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Zoological Park Valcorba ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FELIDAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY ARTERY;

DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FELIDAE; NEMATODA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 77950655277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-25     Document Type: Article

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