Enteropathogenic Bacteria in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, and Control

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1195-1208

  Marks, S L ^a   Rankin, S C ^b   Byrne, B A ^c   Weese, J S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter spp.; Clostridium spp.; Diarrhea; Escherichia coli; Salmonella; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENTERITIS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENTERITIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 81355141947     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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