Clinical and pathologic comparison of acute leptospirosis in dogs caused by two strains of Leptospira kirschneri serovar grippotyphosa

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1100-1107

  Greenlee, Justin J ^b   Bolin, Carole A ^b,c   Alt, David P ^b   Cheville, Norman F ^a   Andreasen, Claire B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION GAP; ANTIBODY TITER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUTHANASIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; JAUNDICE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LETHARGY; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RANDOMIZATION; SEROTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SECTION; UREMIA; URINE CULTURE; VASCULITIS; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; LIVER; LUNG; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ICTERUS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA KIRSCHNERI SEROVAR GRIPPOTYPHOSA;

EID: 4344580499     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2004.65.1100     Document Type: Article

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