Treatment and Control of Chlamydial and Rickettsial Infections in Sheep and Goats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Food Animal Practice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-233

  Stuen, Snorre ^a   Longbottom, David ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Control of infection; Diagnosis; Rickettsia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; Q FEVER; REVIEW; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; Q FEVER; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA OVIS; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COXIELLA BURNETII; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; OVIS ARIES; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 78650822314     PISSN: 07490720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvfa.2010.10.017     Document Type: Review

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