Experimental Ehrlichia phagocytophila infection in red deer (Cervus elaphus)

Veterinary Record

Volumn 149, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 390-392

  Stuen, S ^a   Handeland, K ^b   Frammarsvik, T ^c   Bergstrom K ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Red Deer Center   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; EHRLICHIA;

BACTERIAL RNA; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DEER; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0035968695     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.149.13.390     Document Type: Article

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