Comparison of Selected Diagnostic Methods for Identification of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium andersoni in Routine Examination of Faeces

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 405-411

  Kvac M ^a   Kvetonova D ^a,b   Puzova G ^a,b   Ditrich, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0142121502     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.2003.00694.x     Document Type: Article

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