Leishmania sp. Amastigotes Identification in Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor

Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease with Leishmania chagasi being the etiological agent of canine visceral leishmaniasis in South America. Canine venereal tumor is a transplantable round cell tumor of histiocytic origin which is mostly observed in sexually active male and female intact dogs. It...

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Main Authors: Vinicius Soares Carreira, Heitor Flávio Ferrari, Ingeborg Maria Langohr, Charles Mackenzie, Luiz Carlos Montezzo, Edson Taira, Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter, Maria Cecília Rui Luvizotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/603852