Long-term study of Cryptosporidium prevalence on a lowland farm in the United Kingdom

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-113

  Sturdee, A P ^d   Bodley Tickell, A T ^a   Archer, A ^b   Chalmers, R M ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Livestock; Longitudinal survey; Prevalence; Rodents; Seasonal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ETHER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; HERD; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INCIDENCE; LAND BIOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SAMPLE; SAMPLING; SEASON; SEDIMENTATION; STAINING; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0142059035     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00261-9     Document Type: Article

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