Infection and Seroconversion of Cats Exposed to Cat Fleas (Ctenocephalides felis Bouché) Infected Rickettsia felis

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-126

  Wedincamp Jr , Jimmy ^a   Foil, Lane D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats, infection; Ctenocephalides felis; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RICKETTSIOSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034203710     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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