Cyclic variation in lambs infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Veterinary Record

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 338-340

  Stuen, S ^a   Braten M ^a   Bergstrom K ^a   Bardsen K ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 52749089747     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.11.338     Document Type: Article

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