Outcome of cats with diarrhea and Tritrichomonas foetus infection

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 888-892

  Foster, Derek M ^a,b   Gookin, Jody L ^a   Poore, Matthew F ^a   Stebbins, Marty E ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; ENROFLOXACIN; FENBENDAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFADIMETHOXINE;

CAT; DIARRHEA; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; PAROMOMYCIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

FELIS CATUS; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 4544236233     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.888     Document Type: Review

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