Feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukemia virus and Toxoplasma gondii in stray and household cats in Kerman-Iran: Seroprevalence and correlation with clinical and laboratory findings

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Akhtardanesh, Baharak ^a   Ziaali, Naser ^b   Sharifi, Hamid ^a   Rezaei, Shirin ^a  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

FeLV; FIV; Iran; Seroepidemiology; T. gondii

Indexed keywords

ADULT ANIMAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CAT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; SEROPREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; IRAN; LENTIVIRUS INFECTIONS; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; RETROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TUMOR VIRUS INFECTIONS;

FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77955872484     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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