Causes, diagnostic signs, and the utility of investigations of fever in dogs: 50 Cases

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 525-530

  Chervier, Cindy ^a   Chabanne, Luc ^a   Godde, Mariam ^a   Rodriguez Piñeiro, Maria I ^a   Deputte, Bertrand L ^a   Cadoré, Jean Luc ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862554808     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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