Cutaneous Disease as Sole Clinical Manifestation of Protothecosis in a Boxer Dog

Prototheca wickerhamii is ubiquitous, saprophytic achlorophyllous algae that cause opportunistic infections in the dog and cat and disseminated disease usually in immunocompromised animals. In this report an uncommon case of canine cutaneous protothecosis is presented. A 6-year-old female boxer was...

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Main Authors: Emmanouil I. Papadogiannakis, Emmanouil N. Velonakis, Gregory K. Spanakos, Alexander F. Koutinas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2878751
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