Distribution of Cryptosporidium species in sheep in the UK

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 214-219

  Mueller Doblies, Doris ^a   Giles, Michaela ^a   Elwin, Kristin ^b   Smith, Richard P ^a   Clifton Hadley, Felicity A ^a   Chalmers, Rachel M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervine genotype; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium bovis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Lambs; Sheep; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERD; LAMB; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 44349148641     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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