Molecular Diagnostic Assays for Infectious Diseases in Cats

Veterinary Clinics of North America - Small Animal Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1189-1200

  Veir, Julia K ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Feline; Infectious disease; Polymerase chain reaction; Real time polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ASSAY; BARTONELLA; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; DIAGNOSIS; EHRLICHIA; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; GIARDIA; HERPES VIRUS; INFECTION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; MYCOPLASMA TURICENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARVOVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA FELIS; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII; SALMONELLA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; VESIVIRUS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

FELIDAE;

EID: 77957339801     PISSN: 01955616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cvsm.2010.07.012     Document Type: Review

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