Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Section of Medicine
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
University of Helsinki, Finland

CANINE AND FELINE GASTRIC HELICOBACTERS: DIAGNOSIS AND SIGNIFICANCE IN CHRONIC GASTRITIS

by

Irmeli Happonen

ACADEMIC DISSERTATION

To be presented,
with the permission of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, for public criticism in Auditorium Maximum, Hämeentie 57, 00580 Helsinki on the 26^th of November 1999 at 12 noon

ISBN 951-45-8971-8 (HTML version)
Helsingin yliopiston verkkojulkaisut
HELSINKI 1999

Supervised by:

Professor Elias Westermarck, DVM, PhD, and
Professor Marja-Liisa Hänninen, DVM, PhD,
Departments of Clinical Veterinary Sciences and
Food and Environmental Hygiene
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki

Reviewed by:

Docent Tuomo Karttunen, MD, PhD,
Department of Pathology, University of Oulu

Professor David Williams, MA, VetMB, PhD, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVIM,
Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery,
Texas A&M University, USA

Opponent:

Professor Pentti Sipponen, MD, PhD,
Department of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo

Printed version:
ISBN 952-91-1502-4
Helsinki 1999
Yliopistopaino

Cover by Sirpa Kokko