Feline Infectious Pneumonia: A Short Literature Review and a Retrospective Immunohistological Study on the Involvement of Chlamydia spp. and Distemper Virus

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 220-230

  Bart, M ^a   Guscetti, F ^a   Zurbriggen, A ^b   Pospischil, A ^a   Schiller, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; pneumonia; Chlamydia psittaci; canine distemper virus.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CANINE DISTEMPER MORBILLIVIRUS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MORBILLIVIRUS INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034181476     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.1999.0451     Document Type: Review

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