Cryptosporidium and dairy cattle in the Catskill/Delaware watershed: A quantitative risk assessment

Risk Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1469-1485

  Starkey, Simon R ^a   White, Maurice E ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Calves; Cattle; Cryptosposridum; Watershed

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRIES; HEALTH CARE; PROTOZOA; WATERSHEDS;

CALVES; CATTLES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; NONZOONOTIC SPECIES; OOCYST SHEDDING INTENSITY RATES; PREWEANED CALVES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CATTLE; HEALTH RISK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALF (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANURE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WEANING; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEW YORK; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; DELAWARE RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS; CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 37249093548     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00982.x     Document Type: Article

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