Prevalence of Selected Bacterial and Parasitic Agents in Feces from Diarrheic and Healthy Control Cats from Northern California

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Authors

Stanley L. Marks · MRC Epidemiology Unit

T. B. Farver · University of California, Davis

Abstract

Routine fecal cultures and toxin immunoassays for detection of bacteria are of limited diagnostic value in diarrheic cats. Molecular-based testing is superior to fecal cultures for detection and identification of Campylobacter spp., but positive test results do not correlate to the presence of disease.

Topics & Keywords

Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volume 26, Issue 1, pp. 54-60

DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00843.x

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