Parasite prevalence in free-ranging farm cats, Felis silvestris catus

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 217-223

  Yamaguchi, N ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a   Passanisi, W C ^a   Harbour, D A ^b   Hopper, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS; CAT; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CORONAVIRUS; COWPOX VIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARVOVIRUS; REOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0029912574     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800052468     Document Type: Article

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