Severe weight loss in lambs infected with Giardia duodenalis assemblage B

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 154-158

  Aloisio, Fabio ^a   Filippini, Giovanni ^a   Antenucci, Pietro ^b   Lepri, Elvio ^c   Pezzotti, Giovanni ^a   Cacciò, Simone M ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Intervet Italia   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Giardiasis; Italy; Sheep; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

FENBENDAZOLE; THYMOSTIMULIN;

ABNORMAL FECES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDEMIC; FEEDING DISORDER; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HERD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LAMB; LYMPHOCYTE; MALABSORPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PLASMA CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP FARMING; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750158325     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.06.023     Document Type: Article

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