Cryptosporidium andersoni in Western Australian feedlot cattle

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 458-460

  Ralston, B ^a   Thompson, R C A ^b   Pethick, D ^b   McAllister, T A ^c   Olson, M E ^d  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d Bow Valley Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Cryptosporidium andersoni, feedlots; Parasites; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES; INCIDENCE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; INCIDENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI;

EID: 77958611367     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2010.00631.x     Document Type: Article

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