Carriage of Malassezia spp. yeasts in Cornish Rex, Devon Rex and Domestic short-haired cats: A cross-sectional survey

Veterinary Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 299-304

  Bond, R ^b   Stevens, K ^b   Perrins, N ^b,c   Ahman S ^a,d  

^a Barton Veterinary Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA NANA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS; MALASSEZIA SLOOFFIAE;

EID: 52949124454     PISSN: 09594493     EISSN: 13653164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.2008.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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