Cytauxzoon felis infections are present in bobcats (Lynx rufus) in a region where cytauxzoonosis is not recognized in domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Marr, Henry S ^a   Warren, Camille ^a   Acton, Anne E ^a   Mucker, Eric M ^b   Humphreys, Jan G ^c   Tucker, Melissa D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcats; Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; PCR; Piroplasmosis; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOONOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FELIS RUFUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; LYNX; NORTH CAROLINA; PENNSYLVANIA; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 41349112071     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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