Experimental infection of domestic cats (Felis domesticus) with Cytauxzoon manul from Pallas' cats (Otocolobus manul)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 302-306

  Joyner, P H ^a   Reichard, M V ^a   Meinkoth, J H ^a   Milne, V E ^a   Confer, A W ^a   Kocan, A A ^a   Hoover, J P ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoon manul; Domestic cat; Otocolobus manul; Pallas' cat; Piroplasm

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; COCCIDIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FELIDAE; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOON MANUL; FELIS CATUS; OTOCOLOBUS MANUL;

EID: 34247265346     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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