Cryptosporidium and Giardia in wild otters (Lutra lutra)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 153-156

  Méndez Hermida, Fernando ^a   Gómez Couso, Hipólito ^a   Romero Suances, Rafael ^a   Ares Mazás, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Faecal samples; Giardia; IFAT; Otter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST (RESTING STAGE); FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; OTTERS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 33846618780     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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