Enterocolitis associated with dual infection by Clostridium piliforme and feline panleukopenia virus in three kittens

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 613-615

  Ikegami, T ^b   Shirota, K ^a   Goto, K ^b   Takakura, A ^b   Itoh, T ^b   Kawamura, S ^b   Une, Y ^b   Nomura, Y ^b   Fujiwara, K ^b  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cats; Clostridium piliforme; Colitis; Feline panleukopenia virus; PCR; Tyzzer's disease

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; CLOSTRIDIUM PILIFORME; FELIDAE; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; RECTUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CECUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RECTUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0033227074     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.36-6-613     Document Type: Article

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