Infectious disease prevalence in a feral cat population on Prince Edward Island, Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 979-982

  Stojanovic, Vladimir ^a   Foley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BARTONELLA; CANADA; CAT; CAT DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BARTONELLA; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, FELINE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; SEX FACTORS; TOXOPLASMA;

BARTONELLA; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80052731395     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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