Association of herd composition, stocking rate, and duration of calving season with fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in beef herds

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1833-1838

  Atwill, Edward R ^a   Johnson, Eileen M ^a   Pereira, Maria Das Graças C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONS;

EID: 0033572052     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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