Abortion in a horse following Neorickettsia risticii infection

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 827-830

  Coffman, Elizabeth A ^d   Abd Eldaim, Mohamed ^a,b   Craig, Linden E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Abortion; Ehrlichia; Horses; Neorickettsia; Pathology

Indexed keywords

EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE; NEORICKETTSIA; NEORICKETTSIA RISTICII;

EID: 57749181329     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000622     Document Type: Article

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