Prevalence and genotyping of Giardia in husbandry systems in Taiwan

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 275-280

  Hsu, Bing Mu ^a   Wun, Hau Yang ^a   Hsu, Ping Chi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BETA GIARDIN GENE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FOWL; GENE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAIWAN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 34250903208     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0477-z     Document Type: Article

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