Cryptosporidium infection in calves from a rural area of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 158, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 31-35

  Del Coco, Valeria F ^a,b   Córdoba, María A ^a,b   Basualdo, Juan A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Calves; Cryptosporidium; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ETHER; WATER;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 53549133345     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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