Presence of infectious agents and co-infections in diarrheic dogs determined with a real-time polymerase chain reaction-based panel

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gizzi, Aline B D R ^a   Oliveira, Simone T ^a   Leutenegger, Christian M ^b   Estrada, Marko ^b   Kozemjakin, Denise A ^c   Stedile, Rafael ^d   Marcondes, Mary ^e   Biondo, Alexander W ^a,f  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Clinilab Laboratory of Animal Pathology   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Canine; Co infection; Diarrhea; Panel; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANINE CORONAVIRUS; CANINE DISTEMPER VIRUS; CANINE PARVOVIRUS 2; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA; SALMONELLA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COINFECTION; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84892384463     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-23     Document Type: Article

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