Evaluation of Cytauxzoon felis infection status in captive-born wild felids housed in an area endemic for the pathogen

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1088-1092

  Lewis, Kristin M ^a   Cohn, Leah A ^a   Downey, Megan E ^b   Whitney, Marlyn S ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FELIDAE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; ARKANSAS; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FELIDAE; FEMALE; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 84867527844     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.241.8.1088     Document Type: Article

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