Reduced weight gain due to subclinical Anaplasma phagocytophilum (formerly Ehrlichia phagocytophila) infection

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 209-215

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Bergstrom K ^b   Palmer E ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia phagocytophila; Ixodes ricinus; Sheep; Tick borne fever; Weight losses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; PASTURE; SHEEP; TICK; WEIGHT;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IXODES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

NORWAY;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; LAMB; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 0141680788     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025350517733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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