Laboratory changes consistent with feline infectious peritonitis in cats from multicat environments

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series A: Physiology Pathology Clinical Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 503-510

  Paltrinieri, S ^a   Comazzi, S ^a   Spagnolo, V ^a   Giordano, A ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Patologia Animale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONAVIRUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036985149     PISSN: 0931184X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0442.2002.00494.x     Document Type: Article

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