Prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in dairy calves in three areas of Norway

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 204-216

  Hamnes, Inger Sofie ^a   Gjerde, Bjørn ^a   Robertson, Lucy ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Calves; Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Norway; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRY CATTLE; FECES; GIARDIA; GROUPS BY AGE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINTER; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; NORWAY; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 33750699596     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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