Evaluation of periparturient dairy cows and contact surfaces as a reservoir of Cryptosporidium parvum for calfhood infection

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1116-1121

  Atwill, Edward R ^a   Harp, James A ^b   Jones, Ted ^a,c   Jardon, Phillip W ^a   Checel, Stephanie ^a   Zylstra, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032161678     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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