Follow-up of the health conditions of an urban colony of free-roaming cats (Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758) in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Mendes de Almeida, Flavya ^a,b   Labarthe, Norma ^b   Guerrero, Jorge ^c   Faria, Maria Carolina Ferreira ^b   Branco, Aline Serricella ^b   Pereira, Cássia Dias ^d   Barreira, Jairo Dias ^d   Pereira, Maria Julia Salim ^e  

^a Parque da Quinta da Boa Vista s n   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Free roaming cats; Parasites; Retroviruses; Sanitary conditions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY LIKE VIRUS; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; ECTOPARASITE; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; FLEA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFESTATION; LOUSE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; URBAN AREA; VIRUS DETECTION; WELLBEING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CITIES; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES;

CYTAUXZOON; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FELIS CATUS; MYCOPLASMA; PHTHIRAPTERA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34248677571     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.035     Document Type: Article

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