Vulvar pythiosis in two captive camels (Camelus dromedarius)

Medical Mycology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 219-224

  Videla, Ricardo ^a   Van Amstel, Sarel ^a   O'Neill, Sarah H ^a   Frank, Linda A ^a   Newman, Shelley J ^a   Vilela, Raquel ^b   Mendoza, Leonel ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Camel; Camelus dromedarius; Pythium insidiosum; Vulvar pythiosis

Indexed keywords

AMPROLIUM; FENBENDAZOLE; FLORFENICOL; IVERMECTIN; MARQUIS; MOXIDECTIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PANACURE; PONAZURIL; SODIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS HYPHAE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SKIN ALLERGY; TUMOR BIOPSY; VULVA DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLS SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PYTHIOSIS; PYTHIUM; TENNESSEE; VULVAR DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM INSIDIOSUM;

EID: 84855850787     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: 14602709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13693786.2011.588970     Document Type: Article

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