Detection of the DNA of Borrelia afzelii, Anaplasma phogocytophilum and Babesia canis in blood samples from dogs in Warsaw

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 465-467

  Zygner, W ^a   Gorski P ^a   Wedrychowicz H ^a,b  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CHEMISTRY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYME DISEASE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEASON;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 65349163811     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.15.465     Document Type: Article

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