Prevalence of feline herpesvirus 1, Chlamydophila felis, and Mycoplasma spp DNA in conjunctival cells collected from cats with and without conjunctivitis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-648

  Low, Heather C ^a,b   Powell, Cynthia C ^a   Veir, Julia K ^a   Hawley, Jennifer R ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

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

^b WestVet Emergency & Specialty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROXYMETACAINE; VIRUS DNA;

ANAMNESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MYCOPLASMA;

EID: 34447343773     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.68.6.643     Document Type: Article

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