Lung histopathology, radiography, high-resolution computed tomography, and bronchio-alveolar lavage cytology are altered by Toxocara cati infection in cats and is independent of development of adult intestinal parasites

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 413-426

  Dillon, A Ray ^a   Tillson, D M ^a   Hathcock, J ^a   Brawner, B ^a   Wooldridge, A ^a   Cattley, R ^a   Welles, B ^a   Barney, S ^a   Lee Fowler, T ^a   Botzman, L ^a   Sermersheim, M ^a   Garbarino, R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution CT; Larval migration; Pulmonary fibrosis; Toxocara cati

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; IOPAMIDOL; ISOFLURANE; MOXIDECTIN; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; MACROLIDE; MILBEMYCIN; NITRO DERIVATIVE;

AIRWAY PRESSURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CAT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NEBULIZATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARIASIS; ANIMAL; CAT DISEASES; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GERMFREE ANIMAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LUNG; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOCARA; VETERINARY;

TOXOCARA CATI;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; LUNG; MACROLIDES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; OVUM; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84875065759     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.12.045     Document Type: Article

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