Prevalence of Cryptosporidium infection in camels (Camelus dromedarius) in a slaughterhouse in Iran

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Razavi, S M ^a   Oryan, A ^a   Bahrami, S ^a   Mohammadalipour, A ^a   Gowhari, M ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAMELS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 74549215683     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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