Prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in cattle and wildlife in Morogoro region, Tanzania

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 185-190

  Mtambo, M M A ^a   Sebatwale, J B ^a   Kambarage, D M ^a   Muhairwa, A P ^a   Maeda, G E ^a   Kusiluka, L J M ^a   Kazwala, R R ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Tanzania; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BAILEYI; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS; CONNOCHAETES; CONNOCHAETES GNOU; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS ZEBRA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTELOPES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EQUIDAE; FECES; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031201541     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01130-0     Document Type: Article

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