Malassezia dermatitis in dogs in Brazil: Diagnosis, evaluation of clinical signs and molecular identification

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-52

  Machado, Mauro L S ^a   Ferreiro, Laerte ^a   Ferreira, Rafael R ^a   Corbellini, Luis G ^a   Deville, Manjula ^b   Berthelemy, Madeleine ^b   Guillot, Jacques ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DERMATOMYCOSES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 78651445335     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2010.00909.x     Document Type: Article

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