Feline Cytauxzoonosis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 493-496

  Meier, Heidi T ^a   Moore, Lisa E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COCCIDIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034320481     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-36-6-493     Document Type: Article

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