Prevalence of Giardia duodenalis assemblages in weaned cattle on cow-calf operations in the United States

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Santin, Monica ^a   Dargatz, David ^b   Fayer, Ronald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Genotype; Giardia; PCR; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HERD; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WEANING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COINFECTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 83255185143     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.042     Document Type: Article

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