Characterization of the bacterial population of the genital tract of adult cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 963-968

  Ström Holst, Bodil ^a   Bergström, Annika ^b   Lagerstedt, Anne Sofie ^b   Karlstam, Erika ^a   Englund, Lena ^a   Båverud, Viveca ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GESTAGEN; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASTRATION; CAT; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRUS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HYSTERECTOMY; MALE; MATING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PREPUCE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINA SMEAR; VULVA;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CARRIER STATE; CATS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0042622432     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.963     Document Type: Article

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