Update on the Diagnosis and Management of Neospora caninum Infections in Dogs

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 170-175

  Lyon, Cecily ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCCIDIOSTATIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; NEOSPORA; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; COCCIDIOSTATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; NEOSPORA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 77957808691     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2010.07.005     Document Type: Review

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