Incidence of and risks associated with Giardia infections in herds on dairy farms in the New York City Watershed

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mark Carew, Miguella P ^a   Khan, Yasin ^a   Wade, Susan E ^a   Schaaf, Stephanie ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW YORK; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953664451     PISSN: 0044605X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1751-0147-52-44     Document Type: Article

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