The prevalence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. in fecal samples from free-ranging white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the southeastern United States

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Rickard, Lora G ^a   Siefker, Carla ^a   Boyle, Carolyn R ^a   Gentz, Edward J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Wildlife Center of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEER; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEER; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MISSISSIPPI; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032608674     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063879901100111     Document Type: Article

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