Serum protein alterations in canine ehrlichiosis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 241-249

  Harrus, Shimon ^a   Waner, Trevor ^b   Avidar, Yaakov ^c   Bogin, Eitan ^c   Peh, Huo cheng ^c   Bark, Hylton ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Life Science Research Israel   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia canis; hypergammaglobulinaemia; hypoalbuminaemia; pancytopenia; polyclonal gammopathy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM GLOBULINS;

EID: 0030588660     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01013-8     Document Type: Article

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