Prevalence and risk factor analysis of feline haemoplasma infection in New Zealand domestic cats using a real-time PCR assay

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1063-1069

  Jenkins, Kathryn S ^a   Dittmer, Keren E ^a   Marshall, Jonathan C ^a   Tasker, Séverine ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888115913     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X13488384     Document Type: Article

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