Prevalence of Cryptosporidium genotypes in pre and post-weaned pigs in Australia

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 418-421

  Johnson, Johanna ^a   Buddle, Ross ^a   Reid, Simon ^a   Armson, Anthony ^a   Ryan, Una M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium suis; Pig genotype II; Pigs; Post weaned; Pre weaned; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOMESTIC PIG; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWINE; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 44249118266     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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