Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid examination and other diagnostic techniques with the Baermann technique for detection of naturally occurring Aelurostrongylus absttusus infection in cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 235, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Lacorcia, Lauren ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a   Anderson, Garry A ^a   Beveridge, Ian ^a  

^a ANDERSON MOORES VETERINARY SPECIALISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; LUNG; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 68349108089     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.235.1.43     Document Type: Article

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