Burden of Tick-borne Infections on American Companion Animals

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 175-181

  Berrada, Zenda L ^a   Telford III, Sam R ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; canine diseases; feline diseases; hard ticks; infectious diseases; soft ticks; tick borne infections

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARGASIDAE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 70450214768     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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