Diarrhoea associated with cryptosporidial oocyst shedding in a Quarterhorse stallion

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-28

  McKenzie, D M A ^a   Diffay, B C ^a  

^a TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Diarrhoea; Horse

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE;

EID: 0033629837     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2000.tb10351.x     Document Type: Article

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