Granulocytic anaplasmosis in a horse from Nova Scotia caused by infection with Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 537-540

  Uehlinger, Fabienne D ^a   Clancey, Noel P ^a   Lofstedt, Jeanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EHRLICHIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; NOVA SCOTIA; OXYTETRACYCLINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; EQUIDAE;

EID: 79958706123     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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