Laboratory findings in acute Cytauxzoon felis infection in cougars (Puma concolor couguar) in Florida

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-291

  Harvey, John W ^a   Dunbar, Mike R ^b,d   Norton, Terry M ^a,e   Yabsley, Michael J ^c  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e St Catherine's Island Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia; Clinical biochemistry; Cougar; Cytauxzoon; Hematology; Piroplasm; Puma

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CASE REPORT; COCCIDIA; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUMA; UNITED STATES; WILD ANIMAL;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ERYTHROCYTES; FLORIDA; MALE; PIROPLASMIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PUMA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA SP.; CYTAUXZOON; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; PUMA CONCOLOR COUGUAR;

EID: 34250751323     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260(2007)038[0285:LFIACF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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