Title |
Enteropathogen co-infection in UK cats with diarrhoea
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Published in |
BMC Veterinary Research, January 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1746-6148-10-13 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Jasmin K Paris, Sheila Wills, Hans-Jörg Balzer, Darren J Shaw, Danièlle A Gunn-Moore |
Abstract |
Individual enteropathogen infections in healthy and clinically ill cats are well described, but prevalence and patterns of enteropathogen co-infection have only been reported on a limited basis. We studied enteropathogen co-infection in diarrhoeic UK cats using results of a real time PCR assay for 8 enteropathogenic species; feline coronavirus (Co), feline panleukopenia virus (Pa), Clostridium perfringens (Cl), Salmonella enterica (Sa), Giardia spp. (Gi), Tritrichomonas foetus (Tr), Cryptosporidium spp. (Cr), and Toxoplasma gondii (To). Age, gender, breed and history were recorded. PCR panels from 1088 diarrhoeic cats were available for analysis. |
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Australia | 1 | 25% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 2 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 92 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Researcher | 16 | 17% |
Student > Master | 11 | 12% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 10 | 11% |
Other | 9 | 10% |
Other | 16 | 17% |
Unknown | 20 | 22% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 32 | 35% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 12% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 4 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 7% |
Unknown | 26 | 28% |