Prevalence of and risk factors associated with shedding of Cryptosporidium felis in domestic cats of Mississippi and Alabama

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 306-310

  Ballweber, Lora R ^a   Panuska, Carla ^a   Huston, Carla L ^a   Vasilopulos, Robert ^a   Pharr, G Todd ^a   Mackin, Andrew ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium felis; Feline; Giardia; Prevalence; Survey

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MISSISSIPPI; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA;

EID: 60849120738     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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