Spatial and temporal patterns of Leptospira infection in dogs from northern California: 67 cases (2001-2010)

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 242, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 941-947

  Hennebelle, Janemarie H ^a   Sykes, Jane E ^a   Carpenter, Tim E ^a   Foley, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LEPTOSPIRA; LEPTOSPIROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEPTOSPIRA;

EID: 84875405771     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.242.7.941     Document Type: Article

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