Survey of infectious and parasitic diseases in stray cats at the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, Portugal

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 441-446

  Duarte, Ana ^a   Castro, Isabel ^a   Pereira da Fonseca, Isabel M ^a   Almeida, Virgilio ^a   Madeira de Carvalho, Luis M ^a   Meireles, José ^a   Fazendeiro, Maria I ^a   Tavares, Luis ^a   Vaz, Yolanda ^a  

^a FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES;

ANCYLOSTOMA; ANCYLOSTOMA TUBAEFORME; ANIMALIA; ASCARIDOIDEA; CORONAVIRUS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FUNGI; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA FELIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; OTODECTES CYNOTIS; TOXASCARIS LEONINA; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA CATI; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UNCINARIA STENOCEPHALA;

EID: 77953081363     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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