Clinical ocular toxoplasmosis in neonatal kittens

Veterinary Ophthalmology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-92

  Powell, Cynthia C ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioretinitis; Neonatal toxoplasmosis; Ocular toxoplasmosis; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHORIORETINITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHORIORETINITIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0035381136     PISSN: 14635216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1463-5224.2001.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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