Evaluation of vaccination of horses as a strategy to control equine monocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 208, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1290-1294

  Atwill, Edward R ^a,b   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; VACCINATION; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; NEW YORK; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VACCINATION; VACCINES, INACTIVATED;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII;

EID: 0029945962     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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