Prevalence of tritrichomonas foetus among Dutch cats;Prevalentie van Tritrichomonasfoetus onder Nederlandse katten

Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde

Volumn 134, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 698-700

  Van Doom, D C K ^a   De Bruin, M J ^a   Jorritsma, R A ^a   Ploeger, H W ^a   Schoormans, A ^a  

^a Departe ment Infectieziekten en Immunologie   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FLAGELLATE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 70349559927     PISSN: 00407453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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