Hematopathology in Dogs Experimentally Infected with a Swedish Granulocytic Ehrlichia Species

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 116-122

  Lilliehöök, Inger ^a   Egenvall, Agneta ^a   Tvedten, Harold W ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bone marrow hyperplasia; Canine granulocytic ehrlichiosis; Lymphopenia; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA;

EID: 0347468600     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.1998.tb01030.x     Document Type: Article

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