Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection in Australian cats using a real-time PCR assay

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 345-354

  Tasker, S ^a   Braddock, J A ^b   Baral, R ^c   Helps, C R ^a   Day, M J ^a   Gruffydd Jones, T J ^a   Malik, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Paddington Cat Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BREEDING LINE; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEMATOCRIT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; NONHUMAN; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS;

FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 8644286754     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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