Ehrlichia canis in dogs attended in a veterinary hospital from Botucatu, São Paulo State, Brazil;Ehrlichia canis em cães atendidos em hospital veterinário de Botucatu, Estado de São Paulo, Brasil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Ueno, Tatiana E H ^a   Aguiar, Daniel M ^b   Pacheco, Richard C ^c   Richtzenhain, Leonardo J ^c   Ribeiro, Márcio G ^d   Paes, Antônio C ^d   Megid, Jane ^d   Labruna, Marcelo B ^c  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichiosis; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; MALE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS;

EID: 71049143935     PISSN: 0103846X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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