Cryptosporidium parvum: Oocyst excretion and viability patterns in experimentally infected lambs

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-108

  Bukhari, Z ^a,b   Smith, H V ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FECES; LAMB; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030841443     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007590     Document Type: Article

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