Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection in captive geoffroy’s tamarins (Saguinus geoffroyi)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 245, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 821-827

  Kottwitz, Jack J ^a   Perry, Kaylee K ^a   Rose, Heidi H ^b   Hendrix, Charles M ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SAGUINUS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; VETERINARY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; PREDNISOLONE; SAGUINUS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84907168926     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: 1943569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.245.7.821     Document Type: Article

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