Experimental infection of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Ehrlichia chaffeensis by different inoculation routes

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 881-886

  Varela, Andrea S ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^b   Yabsley, Michael J ^a,b   Moore, Victor A ^a   Davidson, William R ^a,b   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Anatomic Pathology Service Department of Veterinary Pathobiology College of Veterinary   (United States)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Experimental infection; Odocoileus virginianus; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERVIDAE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEER; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 2942644616     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.4.881     Document Type: Article

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