Outbreak of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus infections in cats

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 236-239

  Blum, Shlomo ^a   Elad, Daniel ^a   Zukin, Nonna ^a   Lysnyansky, Inna ^a   Weisblith, Limor ^a   Perl, Shmuel ^a   Netanel, Orly ^b   David, Dan ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cat; Pneumonia; Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAT; COUGHING; DEATH; DYSPNEA; EPIDEMIC; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SINUSITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINES; ISRAEL; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MIDDLE EAST; PREVOTELLA; SPLEEN; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 77954834561     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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