Descriptive and spatial epidemiology of bovine cysticercosis in North-Eastern Spain (Catalonia)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-48

  Allepuz, A ^a,b   Napp, S ^a   Picado, A ^a,d   Alba, A ^a   Panades, J ^c   Domingo, M ^a,b   Casal, J ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine cysticercosis; Geographical distribution; Routes of infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CYSTICERCOSIS; DAIRYING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; TAENIA SAGINATA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE;

EID: 57749197172     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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