Prevalence of feline haemotropic mycoplasmas in convenience samples of cats in Germany

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-258

  Bauer, Natali ^a   Balzer, Hans Jörg ^b   Thüre, Sibylle ^b   Moritz, Andreas ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOCRIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMORBIDITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEMATOCRIT; LEUKEMIA, FELINE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 44649160195     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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