Prevalence of antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi in horses of East Slovakia

Veterinarni Medicina

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 227-231

  Stefancikova, A ^a,d   Stepanova G ^b   Pet'ko, B ^a   Nadzamova D ^a   Szestakova E ^c   Skardova I ^c   Leinstein, R ^c  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; ELISA; Horses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347644892     PISSN: 03758427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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