Thoracic computed tomography, angiographic computed tomography, and pathology findings in six cats experimentally infected with aelurostrongylus abstrusus

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 459-469

  Dennler, Matthias ^a   Bass, Danielle A ^a   Gutierrez Crespo, Beatriz ^a   Schnyder, Manuela ^a   Guscetti, Franco ^a   Di Cesare, Angela ^b   Deplazes, Peter ^a   Kircher, Patrick R ^a   Glaus, Tony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus; Cats; CT; Necropsy; Postcontrast; Survey radiography

Indexed keywords

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CT; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTCONTRAST; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; SURVEY RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TIME;

AELUROSTRONGYLUS ABSTRUSUS; CATS; CT; NECROPSY; POSTCONTRAST; SURVEY RADIOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84883737781     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/vru.12044     Document Type: Article

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