Increased prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi infections in Bernese Mountain Dogs: A possible breed predisposition

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gerber, Bernhard ^a   Eichenberger, Simone ^a   Wittenbrink, Max M ^b   Reusch, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BACTERIAL VACCINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PERVANADATE; VANADIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL VACCINES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; VANADATES;

EID: 34548749755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-3-15     Document Type: Article

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