Enteropathogen co-infection in UK cats with diarrhoea

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Paris, Jasmin K ^a   Wills, Sheila ^b   Balzer, Hans Jörg ^c   Shaw, Darren J ^a   Gunn Moore, Danièlle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Vet Med Labor GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co infection; Enteropathogen; Feline

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELIDAE; FELINE CORONAVIRUS; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; GIARDIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COINFECTION; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; DIARRHEA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA; FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA VIRUS; GREAT BRITAIN; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL;

EID: 84892417834     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-13     Document Type: Article

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