Hepatic abscesses in cats: 14 Cases (1985-2002)

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 295-300

  Sergeeff, Jennifer S ^a   Armstrong, P Jane ^a,c   Bunch, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial liver disease; Escherichia coli infection; Infectious hepatopathy; Liver; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; LIVER ENZYME;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHERMIA; LETHARGY; LIVER ABSCESS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 2942587463     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2004)18<295:HAICC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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