Comparison of the bacterial flora of the duodenum in healthy cats and cats with signs of gastrointestinal tract disease

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 48-51

  Johnston, Karen L ^a,c   Swift, Nigel C ^a,c   Forster Van Hijfte, Myra ^a,d   Rutgers, H Carolien ^a   Lamport, Anne ^a   Ballèvre, Olivier ^b   Batt, Roger M ^a,e  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c Animal Referral Hospital   (Australia)

^d London Cat Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^e WALTHAM CENTRE FOR PET NUTRITION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS;

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOPSY; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUODENUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BIOPSY; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 0035219258     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.48     Document Type: Review

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