Antibodies to Ehrlichia equi in dogs from the northeastern United States

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 211, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1134-1137

  Magnarelli, Louis A ^a   Ijdo, Jacob W ^b   Anderson, John F ^a   Madigan, John E ^c   Dumler, J Stephen ^d   Fikrig, Erol ^b  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; SEASON; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONNECTICUT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEW YORK; SEASONS;

EID: 0031263373     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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