Experimental Infection with Ehrlichia phagocytophila and Babesia divergens in Cattle

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 235-243

  Brun Hansen, H ^a   Christensson, D A ^a,b   Hardeng, F ^a   Grokstol H ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOS TAURUS; EHRLICHIA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE;

EID: 0031157669     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1997.tb00969.x     Document Type: Article

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