Feline pyothorax: A retrospective study of 27 cases in Australia

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-222

  Barrs, Vanessa R ^a   Allan, Graeme S ^a   Martin, Patricia ^a   Beatty, Julia A ^a   Malik, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EMPYEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACOTOMY; TIME;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; EMPYEMA, PLEURAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACOTOMY; TIME FACTORS;

ACTINOMYCES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 23044491933     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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