New perspectives about Hemotrophic mycoplasma (formerly, Haemobartonella and Eperythrozoon species) infections in dogs and cats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1453-1465

  Messick, Joanne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANEMIA; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONOR; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG DISEASE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FLEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; MYCOPLASMA; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VOMITING;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMATALES; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 0347411209     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2003.08.002     Document Type: Review

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