Viable Borrelia burgdorferi in the urine of two clinically normal horses

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-199

  Manion, Tara B ^a   Khan, Mazhar I ^a   Dinger, James ^a   Bushmich, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HORSE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; URINE;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HORSES; LYME DISEASE; URINE;

EID: 0032043841     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879801000219     Document Type: Article

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