Gel diffusion test in feline infectious peritonitis with infected suckling mouse brain antigen.
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Understanding Feline Infectious Peritonitis
Dr. Niels C. Pedersen is Director of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory and Director of the Center for Companion Animal Health at the University of California at Davis. Dr. Pedersen is an international authority on infectious diseases and immunological disorders in small animals and in comparative genetics. His current areas of research focus on infectious diseases of cats and dogs in shelter a...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Veterinary Science
سال: 1982
ISSN: 0021-5295,1881-1442
DOI: 10.1292/jvms1939.44.695