Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1113-1118

  Rinaldi, L ^a   Musella, V ^a   Condoleo, R ^b   Saralli, G ^b   Veneziano, V ^a   Bruni, G ^b   Condoleo, R U ^b   Cringoli, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; ITALY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RECTUM; SHEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BUFFALOES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33847676353     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0397-3     Document Type: Article

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