Cryptosporidiosis in 20 alpaca crias

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-298

  Cebra, Christopher K ^b   Firshman, Anna M ^b   Waitt, Laura H ^a   Schlipf Jr , John W ^b   McKenzie, Erica C ^b  

^a Mount Vernon Veterinary Hospital   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; SUCKLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LOSS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; LAMA PACOS;

EID: 48049096605     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.2.294     Document Type: Article

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