Diagnostic accuracy of the Rivalta test for feline infectious peritonitis

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 558-567

  Fischer, Yvonne ^a   Sauter Louis, Carola ^a   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cat; Diagnosis; Effusion; FIP; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ASCITES FLUID; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CAT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONAVIRUS; EUROPE; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ASCITIC FLUID; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; EUROPE; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84871118888     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: 1939165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2012.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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