Two USA Ehrlichia spp. cause febrile illness in goats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 398-402

  Loftis, Amanda D ^a   Levin, Michael L ^a   Spurlock, J Paul ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal diseases; Disease reservoirs; Ehrlichiosis; Ixodidae; Ruminants; Tick borne diseases; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GOAT; LETHARGY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA EWINGII; EHRLICHIA SP.; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 47049119369     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.01.010     Document Type: Article

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