Attempted transmission of Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum and Mycoplasma haemofelis by feeding cats infected Ctenocephalides felis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 494-497

  Woods, James E ^a,c   Wisnewki, Nancy ^b   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

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

^b HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Advanced Critical Care and Internal Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT DISEASE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; EGG; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; LARVA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; HETEROZYGOTE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; OOCYTE; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALIA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; FLEAS; LARVA; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; OVUM;

EID: 33646368161     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.3.494     Document Type: Article

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