Determination of the in vitro susceptibility of feline tritrichomonas foetus to 5 antimicrobial agents

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 966-970

  Kather, Elizabeth J ^a   Marks, Stanley L ^a,b   Kass, Philip H ^b  

^a Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Diarrhea; Metronidazole; Ronidazole; Trichomoniasis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; FURAZOLIDONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; RONIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PARASITOLOGY; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FURAZOLIDONE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OMEPRAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; RONIDAZOLE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TROPHOZOITES;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PROTOZOA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 34848896317     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1892/0891-6640(2007)21[966:DOTIVS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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