Haemorrhagic Diathesis in a Ram with Anaplasma phagocytophilum Infection

Journal of Comparative Pathology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 82-85

  Giadinis, N D ^a   Chochlakis, D ^b   Ioannou, I ^c   Kritsepi Konstantinou, M ^d   Papadopoulos, E ^a   Psaroulaki, A ^b   Karatzias, H ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c VETERINARY SERVICES   (Cyprus)

^d Diagnostic Laboratory   (Greece)

Author keywords

A. phagocytophilum; Anaplasmosis; Haemorrhagic diathesis; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; HEMOGLOBIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD SMEAR; ECCHYMOSIS; EHRLICHIA; FEVER; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PETECHIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAM (SHEEP); THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TICK INFESTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HEMORRHAGIC DISORDERS; MALE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78650310150     PISSN: 00219975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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