Risk factors associated with cryptosporidium parvum infection in cattle

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-182

  Duranti, Anna ^a   Caccio S M ^b   Pozio, E ^b   Di Egidio, A ^c   De Curtis, M ^a   Battisti, A ^c   Scaramozzino, P ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE REGIONI LAZIO E TOSCANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cross sectional study; Cryptosporidium parvum; Infection; Italy; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFECTION RISK; ITALY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; ITALY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

BOS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.;

EID: 64149083423     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01173.x     Document Type: Article

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