Patent Angiostrongylus mackerrasae infection in a black flying fox (Pteropus alecto)

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 366-367

  Mackie, J T ^a   Lacasse, C ^b   Spratt, Dm ^c  

^a Gribbles Veterinary Pathology   (Australia)

^b Australia Zoo Queensland   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Angiostrongylus mackerrasae; Flying foxes; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; MELOXICAM; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS MACKERRASAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAT; CASE REPORT; CYTOCHEMISTRY; FATALITY; FLYING FOXES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; STRONGYLE INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS MACKERRASAE; FLYING FOXES; PNEUMONIA;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CHIROPTERA; FATAL OUTCOME; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; QUEENSLAND; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; THIAZINES; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84882964482     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avj.12082     Document Type: Article

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