Onchocerca lupi causing ocular disease in two cats

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Labelle, Amber L ^a   Daniels, Joshua B ^a   Dix, Michael ^b   Labelle, Philippe ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Best Friends Animal Society   (United States)

^c ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye; Feline; Filariasis; Onchocerca lupi; Onchocerciasis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS, OCULAR; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; ONCHOCERCA LUPI;

EID: 80052947793     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: 14635224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2011.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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