Identification of Haemobartonella felis (Mycoplasma haemofelis) in captive nondomestic cats

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Haefner, Monika ^a,b   Burke, Thomas J ^a   Kitchell, Barbara E ^a   Lamont, Leigh A ^a   Schaeffer, David J ^a   Behr, Melissa ^a   Messick, Joanne B ^a  

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

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Haemobartonella felis; Mycoplasma haemofelis; Nondomestic cats; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HAEMOBARTONELLA FELIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; PANTHERA LEO; PANTHERA ONCA; PANTHERA TIGRIS; PANTHERA UNICA; PUMA CONCOLOR; UNCIA; UNCIA UNCIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0642375498     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2003)034[0139:IOHFMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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