Evolution of clinical, haematological and biochemical findings in young dogs naturally infected by vector-borne pathogens

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 206-212

  de Caprariis, Donato ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Capelli, Gioia ^b   Mencke, Norbert ^c   Stanneck, Dorothee ^c   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Diagnosis; Haematological alterations; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; PERMETHRIN;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA VOGELI; BARTONELLA; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; COCCIDIA; DISEASE VECTORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; IMIDAZOLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERMETHRIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SIPHONAPTERA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICKS;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON CANIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 79952107378     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2010.10.006     Document Type: Article

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