Cutaneous toxoplasmosis in a female Japanese cat

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 683-687

  Park, C H ^a   Ikadai, H ^a   Yoshida, E ^a   Isomura, H ^b   Inukai, H ^c   Oyamada, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Pathological Assist   (Japan)

^c Inukai Cats Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese cats; Mammary gland; Skin; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; PARASITIC SKIN DISEASE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; UDDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34548863902     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.44-5-683     Document Type: Article

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