Prevalence of Eimeria bovis and Eimeria zuernii in German cattle herds and factors influencing oocyst excretion

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 875-881

  Bangoura, Berit ^a   Mundt, Hans Christian ^b   Schmäschke, Ronald ^a   Westphal, Bernhard ^b   Daugschies, Arwid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CATTLE FARMING; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA BOVIS; EIMERIA ZUERNII; FECES ANALYSIS; GERMANY; HERD; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; EIMERIA; FECES; GERMANY; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA BOVIS; EIMERIA ZUERNII;

EID: 84857044522     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2569-z     Document Type: Article

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