Environmental and physiological factors contributing to outbreaks of cryptosporidium in coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) at the Duke Lemur Center: 1999-2007

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-444

  Charles Smith, Lauren E ^a   Cowen, Peter ^a   Schopler, Robert ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coquerel's sifaka; cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium spp.; lemur; Propithecus coquereli

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRIMATE DISEASE; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; PRIMATE DISEASES; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STREPSIRHINI; TIME FACTORS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; LEMUR; PRIMATES; PROPITHECUS; PROPITHECUS COQUERELI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 77956489467     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2009-0160.1     Document Type: Article

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