Canine leptospirosis infections - Clinical signs and outcome with different suspected Leptospira serogroups (42 cases)

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 324-328

  Geisen, V ^a   Stengel, C ^a   Brem, S ^b   Muller W ^c   Greene, C ^d   Hartmann, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit Südbayern ^*  (Germany)

^c Analytisches Labor   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GERMANY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS SEROVAR ICTEROHAEMORRHAGIAE; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 34249812947     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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