Tritrichomonas foetus - A cause of diarrhoea in cats;Tritrichomonas foetus - Ein durchfallerreger bei katzen

Kleintierpraxis

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 688-693

  Asisi, Nadia ^a   Steiner, Jörg M ^b   Pfister, Kurt ^c   Kohn, Barbara ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Diarrhoea; Nitroimidazole; Protozoan parasites

Indexed keywords

BOS; FELIDAE; PROTOZOA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 57149101575     PISSN: 00232076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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