Role of adult sheep in transmission of infection by Cryptosporidium parvum to lambs: Confirmation of periparturient rise

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1261-1268

  Ortega Mora, L M ^a   Requejo Fernandez J A ^a   Pilar Izquierdo, M ^b   Pereira Bueno, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Periparturient rise; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

FECES; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MAMMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0345411445     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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