Tick toxicity in cats caused by Ixodes species in Australia: a review of published literature

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-493

  Schull, Daniel N ^a   Litster, Annette L ^a   Atwell, Richard B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; TICK BITE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; IXODES; TICK TOXICOSES;

IXODES; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 36048998829     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.06.006     Document Type: Review

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