Prevalence of four enteropathogens in the faeces of young diarrhoeic dairy calves in Switzerland

Veterinary Record

Volumn 163, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 362-366

  Lanz Uhde, F ^a   Kaufmann, T ^a   Sager, H ^b   Albini, S ^c   Zanoni, R ^d   Schelung, E ^e   Meylan, M ^a  

^a Clinic for Ruminants

^b Institute of Veterinary Parasitology

^c Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE CORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 53149115261     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.12.362     Document Type: Article

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