Cryptosporidium parvum (Eucoccidiorida: Cryptosporiidae) in calves: Results of a longitudinal study in a dairy FARM in Sfax, Tunisia

Parasite

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 309-312

  Soltane, Raya ^a   Guyot, K ^b   Dei Cas, E ^b   Ayadi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Calves; Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Prevalence; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUCOCCIDIORIDA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; TUNISIA;

EID: 37249020994     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2007144309     Document Type: Article

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