Coombs', haemoplasma and retrovirus testing in feline anaemia

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 192-199

  Tasker, S ^a   Murray, J K ^a   Knowles, T G ^a   Day, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; RETROVIRUS; VIROLOGY;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTES; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MYCOPLASMA; RETROVIRIDAE;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77952580226     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2009.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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