Is there a need for improved Cryptosporidium diagnostics in Swedish calves?

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-161

  Silverlas C ^a,b   Bosaeus Reineck, H ^b   Naslund K ^b   Bjorkman C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calf diarrhoea; Cryptosporidium bovis; Cryptosporidium parvum; GP60; SsrRNA

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; FECES COLOR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SWEDEN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84873137547     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.009     Document Type: Article

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