Evaluation of two rapid assays for detecting Cryptosporidium parvum in calf feces

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 225, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1090-1092

  Muccio, Janna L ^a   Grooms, Daniel L ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a   Wise, Annabel G ^a   Maes, Roger K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 4644309884     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.225.1090     Document Type: Article

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