Prevalence and risk factors for Giardia and coccidia species of pet cats in 2003-2004

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 292-301

  De Santis Kerr, Andrea C ^a   Raghavan, Malathi ^a   Glickman, Nita W ^a   Caldanaro, Richard J ^a   Moore, George E ^a   Lewis, Hugh B ^b   Schantz, Peter M ^c   Glickman, Lawrence T ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Banfield Pet Hospital   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIA; COCCIDIOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

COCCIDIA; FELIDAE; GIARDIA;

EID: 33748750999     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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