Persistence of Granulocytic Ehrlichia Infection during Wintertime in Two Sheep Flocks in Norway

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 347-353

  Stuen, S ^a   Djuve, R ^b   Bergstrom K ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Blood smear; Ehrlichia phagocytophila; PCR; Reservoir host; Tick borne fever

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; NORWAY; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0035753983     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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