Antibodies to Selected Canine Pathogens and Infestation with Intestinal Helminths in Golden Jackals (Canis aureus) in Israel

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-72

  Shamir, M ^a   Yakobson, B ^b   Baneth, G ^a   King, R ^c   Dar Verker, S ^a   Markovics, A ^b   Aroch, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^c Nature Reserves Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ancylostoma; Canine distemper virus; Ehrlichia canis; Hepatozoon; Jackal; Leishmania infantum; Parvovirus

Indexed keywords

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DISTEMPER VIRUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARVOVIRUS; VERMES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CARNIVORA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PARASITOLOGY; PARVOVIRUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CARNIVORA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FECES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARVOVIRUS, CANINE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0035403150     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0572     Document Type: Article

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