Giardia and Cryptosporidium and Canadian farm animals

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 375-381

  Olson, M E ^a,b   Thorlakson, C L ^a   Deselliers, L ^a   Morck, D W ^b   McAllister, T A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cryptosporidium spp.; Giardia sp.

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0030982942     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01072-2     Document Type: Article

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