study in prevalence of bartonella henselae infection in domestic cats from tehran
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in present study the zoonotic role of cat in bartonella henselae transmission have determined. it has done on 100 cats in 2 groups: indoor and outdoor and in 2 age's subgroups. bartonella henselae was not isolated from blood culture of cats. 23 cats from 100 cats (23%) had antibodies against b. henselae. in this study there were no significant differences statistically in seroprevalence between cats and their owners (p
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تحقیقات دامپزشکیجلد ۶۳، شماره ۳، صفحات ۱۸۳-۱۸۹
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