Tritrichomonas foetus infection in cats with diarrhoea in a rescue colony in Italy

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-134

  Holliday, Malcolm ^a   Deni, Dario ^b   Gunn Moore, Danièlle A ^c  

^a Rifugio per Gatti 'Cinni' ^*  (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; RONIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESCUE WORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESCUE WORK; RONIDAZOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

FELIS CATUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 58749102060     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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