Travel-related diseases of dogs and cats;Reisekrankheiten bei Hund und Katze

Kleintierpraxis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 204-222

  Duscher, Georg ^a   Edelhofer, Renate ^a   Leschnik, Michael ^b   Joachim, Anja ^a  

^a Institut für Parasitologie und Zoologie   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Dirofilaria; Ehrlichia; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77952039821     PISSN: 00232076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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