Resurgence of leptospirosis in dogs in Ontario: Recent findings

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 955-961

  Prescott, John F ^a   McEwen, Beverly ^a   Taylor, Judith ^a   Woods, J Paul ^a   Abrams Ogg, Anthony ^a   Wilcock, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; UREA;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; CHOLESTASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOG DISEASE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE DISEASE; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS DISEASE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; VOMITING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLIMATE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; ONTARIO; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 0037002504     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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