Tick-induced blood loss leads to regenerative anaemia in the European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 443-452

  Pfaffle M ^a   Petney, T ^a   Elgas, M ^b   Skuballa, J ^a   Taraschewski, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b STÄDTISCHES KLINIKUM KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood sampling; Erinaceus europaeus; European hedgehog; Haematology; Ixodes; Regenerative anaemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HABITAT; HEDGEHOG; HEMATOCRIT; INFESTATION; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE; TICK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; IXODES; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HEDGEHOGS; HEMORRHAGE; IXODES; MALE; REGENERATION; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 65549135850     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009005514     Document Type: Article

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