Susceptibility of cattle to infection with Ehrlichia equi and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1160-1162

  Pusterla, Nicola ^a   Anderson, Randall J ^b   House, John K ^a   Berger Pusterla, Jeannine ^a   DeRock, Elfriede ^a   Madigan, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOCYTES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035319798     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1160     Document Type: Article

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