Serological evidence of Ehrlichia spp. exposure in cats from Northeastern Spain

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 246-248

  Ortuno A ^a   Gauss, C B L ^a   Garcia F ^a   Gutierrez, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELIDAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 26944487312     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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