A case of canine ocular onchocercosis in Portugal

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-121

  Faisca P ^a   Morales Hojas, R ^b   Alves, M ^a   Gomes, J ^c   Botelho, M ^d   Melo, M ^e   Xufre, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Investigacao Veterinaria   (Portugal)

^d Clínica veterinária Olha o Bicho   (Portugal)

^e Dnatech   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Canine onchocercosis; Filaridae; Ocular histopathology; Ocular parasitosis; Onchocerca lupi; Onchocercosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; MALE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; PORTUGAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA LUPI;

EID: 77951576376     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2010.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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