Detection of Anaplasma platys and Babesia canis vogeli and their impact on platelet numbers in free-roaming dogs associated with remote Aboriginal communities in Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Brown, G K ^a   Canfield, P J ^b   Dunstan, R H ^a   Roberts, T K ^a   Martin, A R ^a   Brown, C S ^c   Irving, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Merewether Veterinary Hospital   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMORBIDITY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; COMORBIDITY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PLATELET COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 33845263005     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2006.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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