Mycoplasma felis-associated meningoencephalomyelitis in a cat

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-143

  Beauchamp, Dustin J ^a   da Costa, Ronaldo C ^a   Premanandan, Christopher ^a   Burns, Colby G ^a   Cui, Jing ^b   Daniels, Joshua B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA FELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 79251599497     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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