Molecular detection of Anaplasma platys in lice collected from dogs in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 101-102

  Brown, G K ^a   Martin, A R ^a   Roberts, T K ^a   Dunstan, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; INSECT VECTORS; LICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS;

EID: 23244446414     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2005.tb12208.x     Document Type: Article

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