Prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia infections in cattle in Aragon (northeastern Spain)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Quilez J ^a   Sanchez Acedo C ^b   Del Cacho, E ^b   Clavel, A ^c   Causape A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cattle protozoa; Cryptosporidium parvum; epidemiology; Giardia sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; PREVALENCE; SPAIN;

EID: 0030588673     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01015-1     Document Type: Article

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