Hepatic alveolar hydatid disease (Echinococcus multilocularis) in a boxer dog from southern Ontario

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 551-553

  Skelding, Alicia ^a   Brooks, Andrew ^b   Stalker, Margaret ^b   Mercer, Nicola ^c   De Villa, Eileen ^d   Gottstein, Bruno ^e   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health Ontario   (Canada)

^d Peel Public Health   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MALE; ONTARIO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS, HEPATIC; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; MALE; ONTARIO;

EID: 84904641079     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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