Equine monocytic Ehrlichiosis (Potomac horse fever) in horses in Uruguay and southern Brazil

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 433-437

  Dutra, Fernando ^a   Schuch, Luíz Filipe D ^b   Delucchi, Eduardo ^a   Curcio, Bruna R ^b   Coimbra, Helen ^b   Raffi, Margarida B ^b   Dellagostin, Odir ^b   Riet Correa, Franklin ^b  

^a Laboratorio Regional Este   (Uruguay)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SNAIL; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENTEROCOLITIS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SNAILS; URUGUAY;

EID: 0035464010     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300514     Document Type: Article

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