Temporal occurrence and environmental risk factors associated with cytauxzoonosis in domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 314-320

  Reichard, Mason V ^a   Baum, Kristen A ^a   Cadenhead, Steven C ^a   Snider, Timothy A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; Domestic cats; Environmental risk factors; Oklahoma; Temporal occurrence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOONOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SPOROZOITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARACHNID VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; LYNX RUFUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 40249088127     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.031     Document Type: Article

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