Prevalence of haemotropic Mycoplasma spp., Bartonella spp. and anaplasma phagocytophilum in cats in Berlin/Brandenburg (Northeast Germany);Prävalenz von hämotrophen Mycoplasma spp., Bartonella spp. Und anaplasma phagocytophilum bei katzen im Raum Berlin/Brandenburg

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 418-427

  Morgenthal, Dinah ^a   Hamel, Dietmar ^b   Arndt, Gisela ^a   Silaghi, Cornelia ^b   Pfister, Kurt ^b   Kempf, Volkhard A J ^c   Kohn, Barbara ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Bartonella spp; Ectoparasites; Haemotropic Mycoplasma spp

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; GERMANY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BARTONELLA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GERMANY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84877931458     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-125-418     Document Type: Article

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