Canine Rocky Mountain spotted fever: A retrospective study of 30 cases

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 41-48

  Gasser, Angela M ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ATAXIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER;

EID: 0035218754     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-37-1-41     Document Type: Article

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