Complement C3 in bernese mountain dogs

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 164-168

  Gerber, Bernhard ^a   Eichenberger, Simone ^a   Joller Jemelka, Helen I ^b   Wittenbrink, Max M ^a   Reusch, Claudia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bernese Mountain dog; Borrelia burgdorferi; Complement C3; Glomerulonephritis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPLEMENT C3; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LYME DISEASE; MALE;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77954413717     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2009.00205.x     Document Type: Article

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