The Rivalta's test as a diagnostic variable in feline effusions - Evaluation of optimum reaction and storage conditions

Tierarztliche Praxis Ausgabe K: Kleintiere - Heimtiere

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 297-303

  Fischer, Y ^a   Weber, K ^a   Sauter Louis, C ^a   Hartmann, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Ascites; Cat; FIP; Inter observer variability

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE;

ANIMAL; CAT; COLD; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATS; COLD TEMPERATURE; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84887493920     PISSN: 14341239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1623722     Document Type: Article

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