Prevalence of heartworm infection in healthy cats in the lower peninsula of Michigan

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 217, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 857-861

  Kalkstein, Tina S ^a,b   Kaiser, Lana ^a   Kaneene, John B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SouthPaws Veterinary Referral Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; MALE; MICHIGAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034664721     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2000.217.857     Document Type: Article

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