Prevalence and associated management factors of Cryptosporidium shedding in 50 Swedish dairy herds

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 242-253

  Silverlås, Charlotte ^a   Emanuelson, Ulf ^a   de Verdier, Kerstin ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors; Shedding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67349133626     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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