Granulocytic anaplasmosis in three dogs from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Cockwill, Ken R ^a   Taylor, Susan M ^a   Snead, Elisabeth C R ^a   Dickinson, Ryan ^a   Cosford, Kevin ^a   Malek, Sarah ^a   Lindsay, L Robbin ^b   De Paiva Diniz, Pedro Paulo Vissotto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK; TICK INFESTATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SASKATCHEWAN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 70149117523     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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