Tularemia in two cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-83

  Woods, J Paul ^a   Crystal, Mitchell A ^a,b   Morton, Rebecca J ^a   Panciera, Roger J ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Parc d'activités Mermoz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SLEEP STAGE; TULAREMIA; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; ANOREXIA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; FEVER; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; MALE; SLEEP STAGES; TULAREMIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0031606527     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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