Association between management practices and within-herd prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum shedding on dairy farms in southern Ontario

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-23

  Trotz Williams, Lise A ^a   Martin, S Wayne ^a   Leslie, Kenneth E ^a   Duffield, Todd ^a   Nydam, Daryl V ^b   Peregrine, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Dairy calves; Ontario; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 37349007825     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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