An etiological investigation of domestic cats with conjunctivitis and upper respiratory tract disease in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 215-219

  Cai, Yan ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a   Koyasu, Saori ^a   Kuroda, Etsuko ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hirai, Katsuya ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila felis; Conjunctivitis; FCV; FHV 1; Upper respiratory tract disease (URTD)

Indexed keywords

CALICIVIRIDAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS CATUS; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CALICIVIRUS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; JAPAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 0036518970     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.64.215     Document Type: Article

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