Seroprevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in domestic and wild animals from central Italy

New Microbiologica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 371-375

  Ebani, Valentina ^a   Cerri, Domenico ^a   Fratini, Filippo ^a   Ampola, Massimiliano ^a   Andreani, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Dogs; Domestic and wild ruminants; Horses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BOVIDS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; SERUM;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; ITALY; RUMINANTS; SERUM;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DAMA DAMA; EQUIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52749085603     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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