Multiattribute evaluation of two simple tests for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in calf faeces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Trotz Williams, Lise A ^a   Martin, S Wayne ^a   Martin, Donald ^b   Duffield, Todd ^a   Leslie, Kenneth E ^a   Nydam, Daryl V ^c   Jamieson, Frances ^b   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Cryptosporidium parvum; Diagnostic techniques

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYST WALL PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICIAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 27544493519     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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