Lack of evidence for perinatal transmission of canine granulocytic anaplasmosis from a bitch to her offspring

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 232-238

  Plier, Michelle L ^a,b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a,c   Hegarty, Barbara C ^a,c   Kidd, Linda B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ANTECH DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

DOXYCYCLINE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 70350443660     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0450232     Document Type: Article

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