Seroprevalences of antibodies against Bartonella henselae and Toxoplasma gondii and fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia spp, and Toxocara cati in feral and pet domestic cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1394-1398

  Nutter, Felicia B ^a   Dubey, J P ^b   Levine, Jay F ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a   Ford, Richard B ^a   Stoskopf, Michael K ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAT; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGY; INFECTION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROPREVALENCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CAT DISEASES; CAT-SCRATCH DISEASE; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 7444245419     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1394     Document Type: Article

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