First description of naturally acquired Tritrichomonas foetus infection in a Persian cattery in Spain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1151-1154

  Miró, Guadalupe ^a   Hernández, Leticia ^a   Montoya, Ana ^a   Arranz Solís, David ^a   Dado, Diana ^a   Rojo Montejo, Silvia ^a   Mendoza Ibarra, Jesús Alberto ^a   Ortega Mora, Luís Miguel ^a   Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CAT DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; FEMALE; INTESTINE PARASITE; ISOSPORA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS INFECTION;

EID: 85027924981     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2359-7     Document Type: Article

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