Canine vector-borne disease pathogens in dogs from south-east Queensland and north-east Northern Territory

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 130-135

  Hii, S F ^a   Kopp, S R ^a   Thompson, M F ^a   O'Leary, C A ^a   Rees, R L ^b   Traub, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Bayer Animal Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma platys; Australia; Babesia vogeli; Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Haemotropic mycoplasma; Hepatozoon canis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; BABESIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; QUEENSLAND; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PLATYS; BABESIA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMATOPARVUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA CANIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOCANIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 84858840662     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2012.00898.x     Document Type: Article

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