Prevalence of Bartonella species, Rickettsia felis, haemoplasmas and the Ehrlichia group in the blood of cats and fleas in eastern Australia

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 160-165

  Barrs, V R ^a   Beatty, J A ^a   Wilson, B J ^a   Evans, N ^b   Gowan, R ^c   Baral, R M ^d   Lingard, A E ^a   Perkovic, G ^a   Hawley, J R ^e   Lappin, M R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Cat Clinic Mount Gravatt   (Australia)

^c Cat Clinic   (Australia)

^d Paddington Cat Hospital   (Australia)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Cats; Ctenocephalides felis; Fleas; Haemoparasites; Haemoplasmas; Mycoplasma; Rickettsia felis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BARTONELLA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BARTONELLA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLEAS; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA FELIS;

ANAPLASMA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; EHRLICHIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NEORICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA FELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 77952776193     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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