Tritrichomonas foetus as a cause of diarrhoea in three cats;Tritrichomonas foetus als Durchfallerreger bei drei Katzen

Kleintierpraxis

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Schrey, Christian ^a,e   Mundhenk, Lars ^b   Gruber, Achim ^b   Henning, Klaus ^c   Frey, Caroline ^d  

^a Tierärztliche Praxis am Olivaer Platz   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Histology; PCR; Therapy; Trichomonas; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 61549143612     PISSN: 00232076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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