Cryptosporidiosis in a Black Bear in Virginia

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 381-383

  Duncan, R B ^a   Caudell, D ^a   Lindsay, D S ^a   Moll, H D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Case report; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Epidemiology; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HELARCTOS MALAYANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEAR; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FATALITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SMALL INTESTINE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AUTOPSY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FATAL OUTCOME; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; URSIDAE; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0033109905     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.2.381     Document Type: Article

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