High Prevalence of Giardia detected in cats by PCR

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 197-205

  McGlade, T R ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Elliot, A D ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; CELISA; Diagnosis protozoa; Giardia sp.; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0037413410     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00322-9     Document Type: Article

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