Prevalence and age-dependent occurrence of intestinal protozoan infections in suckling piglets

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 119, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 287-290

  Damriyasa, I Made ^a,b   Bauer, Christian ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UDAYANA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Balantidium coli; Chilomastix; Eimeria; Entamoeba; Isospora suis; Jodamoeba; Pig

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; GERMANY; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SUCKLING; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; GERMANY; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BALANTIDIUM; BALANTIDIUM COLI; CHILOMASTIX; EIMERIA; ENTAMOEBA; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA SUIS; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746024660     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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