A survey for infection with Dirofilaria immitis, Ehrlichia canis, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Babesia canis in feral and client-owned dogs in the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 593-594

  Hoff, Brent ^a   McEwen, Beverly ^a   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; WEST INDIES;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 47349086096     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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