Seroprevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus, feline leukaemia virus and Toxoplasma gondii in stray cat colonies in northern Italy and correlation with clinical and laboratory data

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 369-377

  Spada, Eva ^a   Proverbio, Daniela ^a   della Pepa, Alessandra ^a   Perego, Roberta ^a   Baggiani, Luciana ^a   DeGiorgi, Giada Bagnagatti ^a   Domenichini, Giulia ^a   Ferro, Elisabetta ^a   Cremonesi, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; CAT DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL;

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

EID: 84866025231     PISSN: 1098612X     EISSN: 15322750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1098612X12437352     Document Type: Article

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