Patterns of feline coronavirus infection and fecal shedding from cats in multiple-cat environments

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 210, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1307-1312

  Foley, Janet E ^a   Poland, Amy ^a   Carlson, Jeff ^a   Pedersen, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; GENETICS; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRUS SHEDDING;

EID: 0031136088     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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