Fatal cytauxzoonosis in a free-ranging bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 607-610

  Nietfeld, Jerome C ^a   Pollock, Christal ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Bobcat; Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; Lynx rufus

Indexed keywords

CYTAUXZOON; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; FEMALE; KANSAS; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0036653695     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-38.3.607     Document Type: Article

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