Characterization of the subclinical phase of canine ehrlichiosis in experimentally infected beagle dogs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 69, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 307-317

  Waner, Trevor ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^b   Bark, Hylton ^b   Bogin, Eitan ^c   Avidar, Yaakov ^c   Keysary, Avi ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Haematology; Rickettsia; Subclinical phase

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0030788269     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01130-2     Document Type: Article

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