Equine granulocytic anaplasmosis in the Czech Republic

Veterinary Record

Volumn 166, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 646-649

  Jahn, P ^a   Zeman, P ^b   Bezdekova, B ^a   Praskova, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Medical Laboratories   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CZECH REPUBLIC; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SEASON;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CZECH REPUBLIC; EHRLICHIOSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SEASONS;

EID: 77953096262     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.4852     Document Type: Article

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