Use of a commercially available culture system for diagnosis of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 222, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1376-1379

  Gookin, Jody L ^a   Foster, Derek M ^a   Poore, Matthew F ^a   Stebbins, Marty E ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0037950481     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.222.1376     Document Type: Article

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