Infectious agent screening in canine blood donors in the United Kingdom

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 414-417

  Crawford, K ^a,c   Walton, J ^b   Lewis, D ^a,d   Tasker, S ^a   Warman, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Loughborough Technology Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Petmedics ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Petmedics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; BABESIA; BARTONELLA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIOSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PIROPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLOOD DONORS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIOSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; LEISHMANIASIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84880746516     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsap.12109     Document Type: Article

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