Experimental infection in lambs with a red deer (cervus elaphus) isolate of anaplasma phagocytophilum

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 803-809

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Scharf, Wiebke ^b   Schauer, Sonja ^b   Freyburger, Felix ^b   Bergström, Karin ^c   Von Loewenich, Friederike D ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Experimental study; Norway; Red deer; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78149232001     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.3.803     Document Type: Article

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