Prevalence and genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in dairy and beef cattle in farms around Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 967-972

  Uehlinger, Fabienne D ^a   Greenwood, Spencer J ^a   O'Handley, Ryan ^b   McClure, J Trenton ^a   Coklin, Tatjana ^c   Dixon, Brent R ^d   De Boer, Melvin ^e   Zwiers, Hester ^f   Barkema, Herman W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^d Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^e PARK VETERINARY GROUP   (United Kingdom)

^f University of Calgary ^*  (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 80052725562     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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