Calves as a potential reservoir of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia sp.

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-138

  Bednarska, Małgorzata ^a   Bajer, Anna ^a   Siński, Edward ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Calves; Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia sp.; Prevalence; Reservoir

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLAND; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.;

EID: 0032428333     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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