Occurrence of feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus in Sheltered domestic cats of Belo Horizonte;Ocorrência do vírus da imunodeficiência felina e do vírus da leucemia felina em gatos domésticos mantidos em abrigos no município de Belo Horizonte

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 939-942

  Teixeira, B M ^a   Rajao D S ^a   Haddad, J P A ^a   Leite, R C ^a   Reis, J K P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cat; ELISA; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Feline leukemia virus; PCR

Indexed keywords

FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 35848965060     PISSN: 01020935     EISSN: 16784162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-09352007000400019     Document Type: Article

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