Prevalence of Chlamydophila felis and Feline Herpesvirus 1 in Cats with Conjunctivitis in Northern Italy

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 799-807

  Rampazzo, A ^a,b   Appino, S ^a   Pregel, P ^a   Tarducci, A ^a   Zini, E ^a   Biolatti, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chlamydial inclusions; Conjunctival scrapings; Feline; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; HERPES VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 0346994894     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2003)017<0799:POFAFH>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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