A first case of ehrlichiosis in a horse in Poland

Deutsche Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 330-334

  Adaszek, Lukasz ^a   Winiarczyk, Stanislaw ^a   Tukaszewska, Janina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ehrlichia spp; Horse; PCR; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 70349504544     PISSN: 03416593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0341-6593-116-330     Document Type: Article

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