Use of a novel soil tilting table apparatus to demonstrate the horizontal and vertical movement of the protozoan pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum in soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 215-220

  Mawdsley, J L ^a   Brooks, A E ^a   Merry, R J ^a   Pain, B F ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Livestock waste; Oocysts; Pollution; Protozoa; Runoff; Soil tilting tables; Transfer routes

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PATHOGEN; SOIL; SOIL TILTING TABLE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 0029660727     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00336066     Document Type: Article

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