Equine ehrlichiosis in Italy

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 990, Issue , 2003, Pages 259-263

  Scarpulla, Manuela ^a   Caristo, Maria Emiliana ^a   Macri, Gladia ^a   Lillini, Eugenio ^a  

^a Ist Zooprofilattico Sperim R   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Ehrlichiosis; Horse; Italy; Review

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUINE GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS; FEVER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LETHARGY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PETECHIA; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; ICTERUS;

EID: 0038310182     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb07374.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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