Seroprevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum among healthy dogs and horses in Israel

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

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 78-80

  Levi, O ^a,b   Waner, T ^a   Baneth, G ^a,b   Keysary, A ^a,b   Bruchim, Y ^a,b   Silverman, J ^a,b   Harrus, S ^a,b  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; IXODIDA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISRAEL;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ISRAEL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 33745084646     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: 14390450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2006.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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