Tritrichomonas foetus infection in purebred cats in Germany: Prevalence of clinical signs and the role of co-infection with other enteroparasites

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 251-258

  Kuehner, Kirsten A ^a   Marks, Stanley L ^b   Kass, Philip H ^b   Sauter Louis, Carola ^a   Grahn, Robert A ^b   Barutzki, Dieter ^c   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Freiburg im Breisgau   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 79952621711     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfms.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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