Consensus statement on ehrlichial disease of small animals from the infectious disease study group of the ACVIM

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-315

  Neer, T Mark ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^b   Greene, Russell T ^c   Lappin, Michael R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Phoenix Vet Int Medicine Services   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; GEOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TICKS;

EID: 0036583834     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2002.tb02374.x     Document Type: Article

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