Molecular epidemiology of Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections in dairy calves originating from three sources in Western Australia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Becher, K A ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Fraser, D M ^a   Palmer, D G ^b   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia duodenalis; Molecular epidemiology; Protozoa cattle; Spread of infection; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; GIARDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; SEASON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ZOONOSES;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242676912     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.05.020     Document Type: Article

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