Hepatozoon americanum: An emerging disease in the south-central/southeastern United States

Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-76

  Potter, Thomas M ^a   Macintire, Douglass K ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; American canine hepatozoonosis; Leukocytosis; Pyogranulomatous myositis; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PROGNOSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953439139     PISSN: 14793261     EISSN: 14764431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-4431.2009.00508.x     Document Type: Review

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