Molecular survey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia canis in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from central Italy

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-703

  Ebani, Valentina Virginia ^a   Verin, Ranieri ^a   Fratini, Filippo ^a   Poli, Alessandro ^a   Cerri, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Ehrlichia canis; Histopathology; PCR; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79960225379     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.699     Document Type: Article

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