Mycobacterial disease in a population of 339 cats in Great Britain: II. Histopathology of 225 cases, and treatment and outcome of 184 cases

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 945-952

  Gunn Moore, Daniélle A ^a   McFarland, Sarah E ^a,c   Schock, Alex ^b   Brewer, Jacqueline I ^b   Crawshaw, Tim R ^b   Clifton Hadley, Richard S ^b   Shaw, Darren J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GREAT BRITAIN; LABORATORIES; MACROLIDES; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 84857925035     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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