A retrospective study of the clinical hematology and biochemistry of canine ehrlichiosis in an animal hospital population in Bangkok, Thailand

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-220

  Niwetpathomwat, Anuchai ^a   Techangamsuwan, Somporn ^a   Suvarnavibhaja, Siram ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Biochemistry; Canine ehrlichiosis; Hematology; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; LIVER ENZYME; PROTEIN; UREA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 33645049343     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-005-0587-x     Document Type: Article

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