Prevalence of serum antibodies against six Leptospira serovars in healthy dogs

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 230, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1657-1664

  Stokes, Jennifer E ^a,b   Kaneene, John B ^a   Schall, William D ^a   Kruger, John M ^a   Miller, RoseAnn ^a   Kaiser, Lana ^a,c   Bolin, Carole A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MALE; MICHIGAN; PHYLOGENY; RISK FACTORS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TRAVEL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 34249930244     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.230.11.1657     Document Type: Article

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