Bartonella carridgeiae in a cat in the UK

Veterinary Record

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 58-59

  Robinson, M T ^a   Hillman, T ^a   Langton, D A ^a   Shaw, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA CLARRIDGEIAE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CTENOCEPHALIDES FELIS; FELIS CATUS; SANDER; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLINDNESS; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FLEA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; BLINDNESS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; FLEAS; GREAT BRITAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 78650421132     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.164.2.58     Document Type: Article

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