Mycoplasma haemofelis and mycoplasma haemominutum detection by polymerase chain reaction in cats from Saskatchewan and Alberta

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 749-752

  Kewish, Kathryn E ^a   Appleyard, Greg D ^a   Myers, Sherry L ^b   Kidney, Beverly A ^a   Jackson, Marion L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie Diagnostic Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANAPLASMATACEAE FELIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALBERTA; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SASKATCHEWAN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 6444234561     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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