Qualitative risk assessment of surface water contamination with cryptosporidium sp. oocysts: A case study of three agricultural catchments

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 813-825

  McDonald, Stephen ^a,b   Berzano, Marco ^a,b   Ziegler, Peter ^a   Murphy, Thomas M ^b   Holden, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Dung; Neonatal calves; Qualitative risk assessment; Slurry; Surface water contamination

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.;

EID: 79960887473     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2011.588148     Document Type: Article

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