Recent advances in the diagnosis in livestock of Cryptosporidium, Toxoplasma, Giardia and other protozoa of veterinary importance

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-193

  Taylor, M A ^a   Webster, K A ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CONTROL; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0032199052     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(98)90141-2     Document Type: Review

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