Successful hyperimmune bovine colostrum treatment of savanna monitors (Varanus exanthematicus) infected with Cryptosporidium sp.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 631-632

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,c   Cranfield, Michael R ^a,b,c   Bostwick, Eileen F ^c  

^a Medical Department   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; SEPTICEMIA; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; SQUAMATA; VARANUS EXANTHEMATICUS;

EID: 0033938988     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0631:shbcto]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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