A serosurvey of Hepatozoon canis and Ehrlichia canis antibodies in wild red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from Israel

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-26

  Fishman, Zohar ^a   Gonen, Liat ^a   Harrus, Shimon ^a   Strauss Ayali, Dalit ^a   King, Roni ^b   Baneth, Gad ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Israel Nature and Parks Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia canis; Hepatozoon canis; Red fox

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FOX; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATOZOON CANIS; ISRAEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE;

CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 1242306569     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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