Evaluation of environmental risk factors for leptospirosis in dogs: 36 Cases (1997-2002)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 72-77

  Ward, Michael P ^a   Guptill, Lynn F ^a   Wu, Ching Ching ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOODING; GEOGRAPHY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VACCINATION; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; URBANIZATION; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 3042764328     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.72     Document Type: Article

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