Factors associated with upper respiratory tract disease caused by feline herpesvirus, feline calicivirus, Chlamydophila felis and Bordetella bronchiseptica in cats: Exerience from 218 European catteries

Veterinary Record

Volumn 156, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 669-673

  Helps, C R ^a   Lait, P ^a   Damhuis, A ^b   Bjornehammar U ^c   Bolta, D ^d   Brovida, C ^e   Chabanne, L ^f   Egberink, H ^g   Ferrand, G ^f   Fontbonne, A ^h   Pennisi, M G ⁱ   Gruffydd Jones, T ^a   Gunn Moore, D ^j   Hartmann, K ^k   Lutz, H ^l   Malandain, E ^h   Mostl K ^m   Stengel, C ^k   Harbour, D A ^a   Graat, E A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Smadjursklinik   (Sweden)

^d C/Poeta Josep Cervera I   (Spain)

^e Ospedale Veterinario Anubi   (Italy)

^f VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^m UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CALICIVIRUS; CAT DISEASE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPE; HERPES VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEROPREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA; CALICIVIRIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA FELIS; FELIDAE; FELINE CALICIVIRUS; FELINE HERPESVIRUS 1; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE;

EID: 20344366832     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.156.21.669     Document Type: Article

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