Enteropathogens identified in cats entering a Florida animal shelter with normal feces or diarrhea

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-337

  Sabshin, Stephanie J ^a   Levy, Julie K ^a   Tupler, Tiffany ^a   Tucker, Sylvia J ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^b   Leutenegger, Christian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS INFECTION; DOG; DOG DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; RISK FACTORS; VIRUS DISEASES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; ASTROVIRIDAE; CALICIVIRIDAE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTOISOSPORA; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA; SPIROMETRA; CANINE CORONAVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPYLIDIUM CANINUM; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84864251518     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.241.3.331     Document Type: Article

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