Massive Cryptosporidium parvum infection associated with an outbreak of diarrhoea in neonatal goat kids

Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1317-1320

  Sevinç, Ferda ^a   Şimşek, Atilla ^a   Uslu, Uǧur ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronavirus; Cyptosporidium parvum; Diarrhoea; Goat; Rotavirus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 32644448801     PISSN: 13000128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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