Retrospective study (1998-2001) on canine ehrlichiosis in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-147

  Moreira, S M ^a   Bastos, C V ^a   Araujo R B ^a   Santos, M ^a   Passos, L M F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dog; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia platys; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; APATHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAZIL; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; DYSPNEA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 4344616836     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-09352003000200003     Document Type: Article

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