Evaluation of travel and use as a risk factor for seropositivity to Ehrlichia risticii in horses of New York state

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 272-277

  Atwill, Edward R ^a,b   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a   Lopez, Jorge W ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NEW YORK; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL;

EID: 0030096318     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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