Ovine coccidiosis in housed lambs in saxony-anhalt (Central Germany)

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Dittmar, Katja ^a   Mundt, Hans Christian ^b   Grzonka, Elmar ^c   Daugschies, Arwid ^a   Bangoura, Berit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

E. ovinoidalis; E. punctata; Eimeria; Eimeriosis; Sheep; Species differentiation

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EIMERIA; FECES; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ONSET AGE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; STANDARD;

AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EIMERIA; FECES; GERMANY; HOUSING, ANIMAL; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA FAUREI; EIMERIA OVINOIDALIS; EIMERIA PALLIDA; EIMERIA PARVA; EIMERIA WEYBRIDGENSIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 75349109606     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-123-49     Document Type: Article

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