Acute granulocytic anaplasmosis in a captive timber wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 645-648

  Leschnik, Michael ^a   Kirtz, Georges ^b   Virányi, Zsófia ^c   Wille Piazzai, Walpurga ^a   Duscher, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b In Vitro Laboratory   (Austria)

^c Wolf Science Center   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Canis lupus occidentalis; Granulocytic anaplasmosis; Timber wolf

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; DOXYCYCLINE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOMA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; WOLF;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AUSTRIA; DOXYCYCLINE; EHRLICHIOSIS; GRANULOMA; MALE; WOLVES;

EID: 84867358620     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2011-0224R.1     Document Type: Article

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