Frequency and type of renal lesions in dogs naturally infected with Leptospira species

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 270-274

  Ortega Pacheco, A ^a   Colin Flores, R F ^a   Gutierrez Blanco E ^a   Jimenez Coello M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dogs; Glomerulonephritis; Interstitial nephritis; Leptospira canicola; MAT; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROSCOPIC AGGLUTINATION TEST; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; SEROLOGY; SPIROCHETE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIRA CANICOLA; LEPTOSPIRA SP.; SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 57849119380     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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