Cystic echinococcosis due to Echinococcus equinus in a horse from southern Germany

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 458-462

  Blutke, Andreas ^a   Hamel, Dietmar ^b   Hüttner, Marion ^c   Gehlen, Heidrun ^a   Romig, Thomas ^c   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Hermanns, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institute for Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cystic echinococcosis; Echinococcus equinus; Equid; Germany; Horses

Indexed keywords

ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS EQUINUS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77952515097     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063871002200323     Document Type: Article

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