Prevalence and clinical impact of Toxocara vitulorum in cattle and buffalo calves in northern Lao PDR

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 539-546

  Rast, Luzia ^a   Lee, Shing ^a   Nampanya, Sonevilay ^a   Toribio, Jenny Ann L M L ^a   Khounsy, Syseng ^b   Windsor, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Department of Livestock and Fisheries ^*  (Laos)

Author keywords

Animal health capacity; Buffalo; Calves; Cattle; Developing country; Lao PDR; Prevalence survey; Toxocara vitulorum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVIDAE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARA VITULORUM;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; LAOS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; LAOS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; TOXOCARA; TOXOCARIASIS;

EID: 84872783912     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-012-0256-4     Document Type: Article

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