Prevalence of canine ehrlichiosis in Perak State, peninsular Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-18

  Rahman, Wahab A ^a,b   Ning, Chen Hee ^a,b   Chandrawathani, P ^a,b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 77949586941     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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