Herd evaluation by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the determination of Fasciola hepatica infection in sheep and cattle from the Altiplano of Bolivia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 211-220

  Hillyer, George V ^a   Soler De Galanes, Maricelis ^a   Buchón, Paola ^b   Bjorland, Jostein ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Programa Fomento Lechero   (Bolivia)

^c Danchurchaid   (Bolivia)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cattle Trematoda; Epidemiology; Fasciola hepatica; Sheep Trematoda; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOLIVIA; CATTLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030029504     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00831-4     Document Type: Article

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