Canine angiostrongylosis: The French heartworm: An emerging threat in North America

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 382-389

  Conboy, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylosis; Angiostrongylus vasorum; Coagulopathy; French heartworm; Right sided congestive heart failure; Verminous pneumonia

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; LEVAMISOLE; MILBEMYCIN; MOXIDECTIN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HOST RANGE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANURA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUROPE; FECES; FEMALE; FOXES; GASTROPODA; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREVALENCE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS VASORUM; ANIMALIA; ANURA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 79952900956     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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