Cryptosporidium in cats - Additional evidence for C. felis

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-161

  Morgan, U M ^a   Sargent, K D ^a   Elliot, A ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C. felis; Cryptosporidium cats; Feline AIDS; rDNA sequence analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032150441     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-0233(05)80047-4     Document Type: Article

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