Prevalence of Giardia spp. infection in pre-weaned and weaned calves in relation to management factors

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-137

  Muhid, Aida ^a   Robertson, Ian ^b   Ng, Josephine ^b   Yang, Rongchang ^b   Ryan, Una ^b  

^a Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calves; Genotyping; Giardia; Management factors; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

AGE; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; INFECTION RISK; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALAYSIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; WEANING;

GIARDIA;

EID: 84855551726     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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