Cryptosporidium species in lambs submitted for diagnostic postmortem examination in England and Wales

Veterinary Record

Volumn 163, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 688-689

  Pritchard, G C ^a   Marshall, J A ^a   Giles, M ^a   Mueller Doblies, D ^a   Sayers, A R ^a   Marshall, R N ^a   Elwin, K ^b   Chalmers, R M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENGLAND; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WALES; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 57749198840     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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