Natural infection with Angiostrongylus vasorum: Characterisation of 3 dogs with pulmonary hypertension;Natürliche infektion: Anqiostrongylus vasorum Charakterisierung des Krankheitsbildes bei drei Hunden mit pulmonärer Hypertonie

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 331-338

  Glaus, T M ^a   Schnyder, M ^b   Dennler, M ^c   Tschuor, F ^d   Wenger, M ^e   Sieber Ruckstuhl, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Institut fur Parasitologie   (Switzerland)

^c Abteilung für Bildgebende Diagnostik   (Switzerland)

^d BolligerTschuor AG   (Switzerland)

^e Tierärztliches Überweisungszentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood gas; Chemistry; Echocardiography; Hematology; Thoracic radiographs

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954279026     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281/a000076     Document Type: Article

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