Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia on beef farms and water sources within the vicinity of the farms on Prince Edward Island, Canada

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Budu Amoako, Ebo ^a,b   Greenwood, Spencer J ^a   Dixon, Brent R ^c   Barkema, Herman W ^d   McClure, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b Biofoodtech   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beef cattle; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Ground water; Surface water; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE FARMING; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PESTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 84855310166     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.10.027     Document Type: Article

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