Pilot study to evaluate the effect of oral supplementation of Enterococcus faecium SF68 on cats with latent feline herpesvirus 1

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 650-654

  Lappin, Michael R ^a   Veir, Julia K ^a   Satyaraj, Ebenezer ^b   Czarnecki Maulden, Gail ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIRAL CONJUNCTIVITIS; VIROLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBIOTICS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FELID HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 67650650709     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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