Identification of tritrichomonas foetus and giardia spp. infection in pedigree show cats in New Zealand

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-10

  Kingsbury, D D ^a,b   Cave, N J ^a   Marks, S L ^c   Grahn, R A ^d  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Medicine and Epidemiology ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Giardia spp.; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

GIARDIA; SARCOCYSTIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEDIGREE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 77952308203     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2010.65054     Document Type: Article

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