Cutaneous carriage of Malassezia species in healthy and seborrhoeic Sphynx cats and a comparison to carriage in Devon Rex cats

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 970-976

  Åhman, Susanne E ^a   Bergström, Karin E ^b  

^a Djurakuten   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALASSEZIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; DERMATOMYCOSES; FEMALE; MALASSEZIA; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MALASSEZIA; MALASSEZIA PACHYDERMATIS;

EID: 70449629112     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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