Clinical relevance of annual screening using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (SNAP 3Dx) for canine ehrlichiosis

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 118-124

  Hegarty, Barbara C ^a   de Paiva Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto ^a   Bradley, Julie M ^a   Lorentzen, Leif ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; EHRLICHIA EWINGII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149156361     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0450118     Document Type: Article

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