The prevalence of Bartonella, hemoplasma, and Rickettsia felis infections in domestic cats and in cat fleas in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 411-419

  Kamrani, Ali ^a   Parreira, Valeria R ^a   Greenwood, Janice ^b   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Vita tech Vet Laboratory Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD CULTURE; CANADA; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; FLEA; HEMOPLASMA; INFESTATION; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; MYCOPLASMA TURICENSIS; MYCOPLASMATACEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 56749186544     PISSN: 08309000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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