Field testing of a fenbendazole treatment combined with hygienic and management measures against a natural Giardia infection in calves

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 367-371

  Geurden, Thomas ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Claerebout, Edwin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calves; Disinfection; Environment; Fenbendazole; Giardia; Infection pressure

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FENBENDAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISINFECTION; FECES; FENBENDAZOLE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; OOCYSTS;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA;

EID: 33750984241     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.019     Document Type: Article

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