Use of dried blood smears for detection of feline hemoplasmas using real-time polymerase chain reaction

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-620

  Sykes, Jane E ^a   Owens, Sean D ^b   Terry, Jeralyn C ^a   Lindsay, LeAnn L ^a   Pusterla, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Davis ^*

Author keywords

Anemia; Cytology; Dried blood smears, felids; Haemobartonella; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; TETRA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 55449131124     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870802000513     Document Type: Article

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