High intragenotypic diversity of Giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle on three farms

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-92

  Feng, Yaoyu ^a,b   Ortega, Ynes ^c   Cama, Vitaliano ^a   Terrell, Jacob ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALF (MAMMAL); COW; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 43049088747     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0932-5     Document Type: Article

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