First confirmed canine case of Ehrlichia canis infection in Japan

Veterinary Record

Volumn 148, Issue 26, 2001, Pages 809-811

  Suto, Y ^a   Suto, A ^a   Inokuma, H ^b   Obayashi, H ^b   Hayashi, T ^b  

^a Suto Animal Hospital   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; DEATH, SUDDEN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPAN; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0035973554     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.148.26.809     Document Type: Article

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