Prevalence of selected infectious agents in cats in Ireland

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 476-482

  Juvet, Florence ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^b   Brennan, Sheila ^a   Mooney, Carmel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIACEAE INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; IRELAND; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; EHRLICHIA; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; RICKETTSIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77953082909     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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