The prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum in lambs around Konya

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1191-1194

  Sevinç, Ferda ^a   Uslu, Uǧur ^a   Derinbay, Özlem ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Konya; Lambs; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 32644444025     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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