Acute Ehrlichia platys Infection in the Dog

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1987, Pages 449-453

  Baker, D C ^a   Simpson, M ^a   Gaunt, S D ^a   Corstvet, R E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; LIVER; LYMPH NODES; MALE; PLATELET COUNT; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; SPLEEN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0023409263     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15444221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098588702400513     Document Type: Article

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