An epidemiological survey of feline hemoplasma infection in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1575-1581

  Tanahara, Miki ^a   Miyamoto, Shotaro ^a   Nishio, Takuma ^a   Yoshii, Yuta ^a   Sakuma, Masato ^a   Sakata, Yoshimi ^b   Nishigaki, Kazuo ^c   Tsujimoto, Hajime ^d   Setoguchi, Asuka ^a   Endo, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiological survey; Feline; Hemoplasma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS;

EID: 78650846836     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0143     Document Type: Article

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