Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia intestinalis in Calf diarrhoea in Sweden

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 145-152

  Bjorkman C ^a   Svensson, C ^a   Christensson, B ^a   De Verdier, K ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calf diarrhoea; Coronavirus; Cryptosporidium parvum; Escherichia coli; Giardia intestinalis; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS; SWEDEN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 1842628941     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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