Assessment of reproductive tract disease in cats at risk for Tritrichomonas foetus infection

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-81

  Gray, Sara G ^a   Hunter, Stuart A ^a,b   Stone, Maria R ^a   Gookin, Jody L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BREEDING; CASTRATION; CAT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INFECTION; KITTEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; MALE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RONIDAZOLE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALIA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 75749121036     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.71.1.76     Document Type: Article

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