The dilemma with Lyme borreliosis in the dog with particular consideration of "Lyme nephritis";Das dilemma der Lyme Borreliose beim Hund unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der "Lyme Nephritis"

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 151, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 479-483

  Gerber, B ^a   Eichenberger, S ^a   Haug, K ^a   Wittenbrink, M M ^b  

^a Klinik fur Kleintiermedizin   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bernese; Borrelia burgdorferi; Glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEPHRITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LYME DISEASE; NEPHRITIS;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 70449085317     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.151.10.479     Document Type: Article

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