In vivo transmission studies of 'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis' in the domestic cat

Veterinary Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Museux, Kristina ^a   Boretti, Felicitas S ^a   Willi, Barbara ^a   Riond, Barbara ^a   Hoelzle, Katharina ^a   Hoelzle, Ludwig E ^a   Wittenbrink, Max M ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^b   Wengi, Nicole ^a   Reusch, Claudia E ^a   Lutz, Hans ^a   Hofmann Lehmann, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis'Real time TaqMan PCR; Haemotropic mycoplasma; Seroconversion; Transmission

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA TURICENSIS; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; IN VIVO STUDY; INOCULATION; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECIPIENT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SEROCONVERSION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME;

CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650970426     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: 12979716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres/2009028     Document Type: Article

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