Cryptosporidium parvum infection in a mare and her foal with foal heat diarrhoea

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 182, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 333-336

  Perrucci, Stefania ^a   Buggiani, Claudia ^a   Sgorbini, Micaela ^a   Cerchiai, Isabella ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Traversa, Donato ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

COWP; Cryptosporidium parvum; ELISA; Foal heat diarrhoea; Horse; Neonatal cryptosporidiosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COWP GENE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DELIVERY; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOAL HEAT DIARRHEA; HORSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EQUIDAE;

EID: 80755133731     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.05.051     Document Type: Article

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