Suspected ehrlichial infection in five cats from a household

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-234

  Peavy, George M ^a   Holland, Cynthia J ^b   Dutta, Sukanta K ^c   Smith, Geoffrey ^d,h   Moore, Adrienne ^e   Rich, Lon J ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^f   Richter, Keith ^g  

^a ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^b Protatek Reference Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Brengle Terrace Animal Hospital   (United States)

^e Southland Veterinary Care   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Plaza Bernardo Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031568027     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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