Treatment of Hepatozoon americanum infection: Review of the literature and experimental evaluation of efficacy

Veterinary Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Allen, Kelly E ^a   Little, Susan E ^a   Johnson, Eileen M ^a   Hostetler, Joe ^b   Panciera, Roger J ^a   Ewing, Sidney A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bayer Animal Health LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON AMERICANUM;

EID: 79952857455     PISSN: 15283593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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