Clinical benefits of incorporating doxycycline into a canine heartworm treatment protocol
Abstract Background The objective of heartworm treatment is to improve the clinical condition of the patient and to eliminate pre-cardiac, juvenile, and adult worm stages with minimal complications. Pulmonary thromboembolisms are an inevitable consequence of worm death and can result in severe pulmo...
Main Authors: | C. Thomas Nelson, Elizabeth S. Myrick, Thomas A. Nelson |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | Parasites & Vectors |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-017-2446-4 |
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