First Record of Giardia in Cattle in Denmark;Giardia observeret for første gang hos kvæg i Danmark

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 337-341

  Iburg, T ^a   Gasser, R B ^b,c   Henriksen, S A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

parasites; protozoa; ruminants; zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DENMARK; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DENMARK; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS;

EID: 0030345141     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: 17510147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03548099     Document Type: Article

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