Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia canis antibodies among dogs in Turkey

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 665-666

  Batmaz, H ^a   Nevo, E ^b   Waner, T ^c   Senturk S ^a   Yilmaz, Z ^a   Harrus, S ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TURKEY;

EID: 0035954164     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.21.665     Document Type: Article

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