Prevalence of infectious diseases in feral cats in Northern Florida

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 287-296

  Luria, Brian J ^a   Levy, Julie K ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^b   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^c   Legendre, Alfred M ^d   Hernandez, Jorge A ^a   Gorman, Shawn P ^a   Lee, Irene T ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FEMALE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; CAT DISEASE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 6344278287     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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