Longitudinal investigation of protozoan parasites in meat lamb farms in southern Western Australia

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 192-203

  Sweeny, Joshua P A ^a   Ryan, U M ^a   Robertson, I D ^a   Yang, R ^a   Bell, K ^a   Jacobson, C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Prevalence; Sheep; Water; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79960392643     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.05.016     Document Type: Article

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