Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to a domestic cat by Amblyomma americanum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 161, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 110-115

  Reichard, Mason V ^a   Meinkoth, James H ^a   Edwards, Amy C ^a   Snider, Timothy A ^a   Kocan, Katherine M ^a   Blouin, Edmour F ^a   Little, Susan E ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; Dermacentor variabilis; Domestic cats; Ixodes scapularis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMBLYOMMA; ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DEPRESSION; DERMACENTOR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FEVER; INFESTATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; JAUNDICE; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SCHIZONT; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 62849122555     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.12.016     Document Type: Article

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