Is evaluation of a faecal smear a useful technique in the diagnosis of canine pulmonary angiostrongylosis?

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 200-203

  Humm, K ^a   Adamantos, S ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM;

EID: 77952561418     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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