The isolation and enumeration of three feline oral Porphyromonas species from subcutaneous abscesses in cats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Norris, Jacqueline M ^a   Love, Daria N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat Porphyromonas; Feline Porphyromonas gingivalis; Porphyromonas circumdentaria; Porphyromonas salivosa; Subcutaneous abscesses

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIGENIN; PYROXYLIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; DNA PROBE; FIGHTING; MOUTH LESION; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PUS; SKIN ABSCESS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDACEAE INFECTIONS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DEOXYURACIL NUCLEOTIDES; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MOUTH; PORPHYROMONAS;

EID: 0033007805     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(98)00289-2     Document Type: Article

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