Use of a PCR assay to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in cats in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 193-198

  Tasker, S ^a   Binns, S H ^a   Day, M J ^a   Gruffydd Jones, T J ^a   Harbour, D A ^a   Helps, C R ^a   Jensen, W A ^b   Olver, C S ^c   Lappin, M R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 0037443144     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.7.193     Document Type: Article

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