Introduction to the Alpha-proteobacteria: Wolbachia and Bartonella, Rickettsia, Brucella, Ehrlichia, and Anaplasma

Topics in Companion Animal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 173-177

  Bowman, Dwight D ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Bartonella; Dirofilaria; Doxycycline; Ehrlichia; Rickettsia; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANTIFILARIAL AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EHRLICHIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BRUCELLA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIA; FILARICIDES; RICKETTSIA; SYMBIOSIS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 83055180253     PISSN: 19389736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.tcam.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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