Post-therapy antibody titers in dogs with ehrlichiosis: Follow-up study on 68 patients treated primarily with tetracycline and/or doxycycline

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 271-274

  Bartsch, Robert C ^a   Greene, Russell T ^a  

^a Southwest Veterinary Diagnostics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG COMBINATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030184834     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1996.tb02061.x     Document Type: Article

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