Thrombocytopaenia in canine babesiosis and its clinical usefulness

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 63-68

  Kettner, Frank ^a   Reyers, F ^a   Miller, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Ridgemall Veterinary Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Babesiosis; Mean platelet volume; Negative predictive value; Parasitaemia; Thrombocytopaenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITEMIA; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 1642482878     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jsava.v74i3.512     Document Type: Article

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