Detection of Assemblage A, Giardia duodenalis and Eimeria spp. in alpacas on two Maryland farms

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Trout, James M ^a   Santín, Mónica ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpaca; Camelid; Cryptosporidium; Eimeria; Giardia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALPACA; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; EIMERIA; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EIMERIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 42249109988     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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