Prolonged resilience of Tritrichomonas foetus in cat faeces at ambient temperature

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 60-65

  Hale, Sophie ^a   Norris, Jacqueline M ^a   Šlapeta, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Diagnostic test; Epidemiology; Incubation; Large bowel diarrhoea; Sensitivity; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES CULTURE; FREEZING; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

FELIDAE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 70350239853     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.07.032     Document Type: Article

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