Increasing frequency of feline cytauxzoonosis cases diagnosed in western Kentucky from 2001 to 2011

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 205-208

  Miller, Jean ^a   Davis, Cheryl D ^b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytauxzoon felis; Cytauxzoonosis; Hemoprotozoan

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELINE CYTAUXZOONOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; LYNX RUFUS; PROTOZOA;

CYTAUXZOON FELIS; CYTAUXZOONOSIS; HEMOPROTOZOAN;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; IXODIDAE; KENTUCKY; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885470941     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.08.012     Document Type: Article

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