First record of natural Tritrichomonas foetus infection of the feline uterus

Journal of Small Animal Practice

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 654-657

  Dahlgren, S S ^a   Gjerde, B ^a   Pettersen, H Y ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b AniCura Tierklinik   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NORWAY; PARASITOLOGY; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; NORWAY; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 35748931443     PISSN: 00224510     EISSN: 17485827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-5827.2007.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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