Bronchoalveolar lavage and pulmonary histopathology in harp seals (Phoca groenlandica) experimentally infected with otostrongylus circumlitus

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 409-421

  Piché, Caroline ^a   Measures, Lena ^b   Bédard, Christian ^a   Lair, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Harp seal (phoca groenlandica); Lungworm; Nematode; Otostrongylus circumlitus; Pathology; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CRENOSOMATIDAE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; OTOSTRONGYLUS CIRCUMLITUS; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOCA; STRONGYLE INFECTION; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; SEALS, EARLESS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 77952325025     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.2.409     Document Type: Article

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