Fecal shedding of Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium parvum, Salmonella organisms, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 from llamas in California

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 637-642

  Rulofson, Franz C ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^b   Holmberg, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LAMA (CAMEL); SALMONELLA;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0035316530     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2001.62.637     Document Type: Article

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