Etiological investigation of multiple respiratory infections in cats

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-461

  Di Martino, B ^a   Di Francesco, C E ^a   Meridiani, I ^a   Marsilio, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Diagnosis; Mucosal swabs; Upper respiratory tract disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVA; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VESIVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; BORDETELLA INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CALICIVIRUS, FELINE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ITALY; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL;

ANIMALIA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELIS CATUS; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 36549054028     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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