Neutropenia associated with osteomyelitis due to Hepatozoon canis infection in a dog

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1389-1393

  Shimokawa Miyama, Takako ^a   Umeki, Saori ^a   Baba, Kenji ^a   Sada, Kumiko ^a   Hiraoka, Hiroko ^a   Endo, Yasuyuki ^b   Inokuma, Hisashi ^c   Hisasue, Masaharu ^d   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Mizuno, Takuya ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Canine; Hepatozoon canis; Neutropenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; OSTEOMYELITIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; ZOYSIA JAPONICA;

EID: 80055099136     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.11-0202     Document Type: Article

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