Bartonella spp. Infection in Healthy and Sick Horses and Foals from the Southeastern United States

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1408-1412

  Cherry, N A ^a   Jones, S L ^a   Maggi, R G ^a   Davis, J L ^a   Breitschwerdt, E B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella vinsonii; Coinfection; Foals; Lameness

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTEREMIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 84869870157     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2012.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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