Giardia genotypes in pigs in Western Australia: Prevalence and association with diarrhea

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-383

  Armson, Anthony ^a   Yang, Rongchang ^a   Thompson, Jacqui ^a   Johnson, Johanna ^a   Reid, Simon ^a   Ryan, Una M ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assemblage A; Assemblage E; Assemblage F; Diarrhoea; Giardia; Pigs; Post weaned; Pre weaned; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; WEANING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GIARDIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 60849106317     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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