Genetic variability of archived Cytauxzoon felis histologic specimens from domestic cats in Georgia, 1995-2007

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Brown, Holly M ^a   Modaresi, Shirin M ^a   Cook, Jessica L ^b   Latimer, Kenneth S ^c   Peterson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Cytauxzoon felis; Genetic variability; Internal transcribed spacer region

Indexed keywords

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 67849126825     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100410     Document Type: Article

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