Frequency of haemoplasma infections of the domestic cat in Germany;Nachweishäufigkeiten von haemoplasmeninfektionen bei der hauskatze in Deutschland

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 197-201

  Just, Frank Thomas ^a,b   Pfister, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Vergleichende Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum; Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis; Cat; Haemolytic anaemia; Haemotrophic mycoplasma; Mycoplasma haemofelis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

PRIMER DNA;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GERMANY; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34249310281     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-120-197     Document Type: Article

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