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Treatment of Canine and Feline Bartonellosis . Ed Breitschwerdt DVM . Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases . College of Veterinary Medicine . North Carolina State University . 1. In reality (i.e. based upon evidence) we do not know how to treat bartonella infections in cats,
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