Age, not infection dose, determines the outcome of isospora suis infections in suckling piglets

Parasitology Research

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Worliczek, Hanna L ^a   Mundt, Hans Christian ^b   Ruttkowski, Bärbel ^a   Joachim, Anja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PIGLET; PORCINE NEONATAL COCCIDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY WEIGHT; DIARRHEA; FECES; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; ISOSPORA SUIS;

EID: 68249145917     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1507-9     Document Type: Article

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