Tick-transmitted, bacterial infections in dogs: Seroprevalences of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Ehrlichia canis in Germany;Durch zecken übertragbare bakterielle infektionen bei hunden: Seroprävalenzen von Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato und Ehrlichia canis in Deutschland

Praktische Tierarzt

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 776-788

  Krupka, Inke ^a,d   Pantchev, N ^b   Lorentzen, L ^c   Weise, M ^b   Straubinger, R K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Institute für Klinische Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Germany; Seroprevalence; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 35348998053     PISSN: 0032681X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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