Giardia in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei), forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer), and domestic cattle in Volcanoes national park, Rwanda

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-30

  Hogan, Jennifer N ^a   Miller, Woutrina A ^a   Cranfield, Michael R ^a,d   Ramer, Jan ^b,d   Hassell, James ^c   Bosco Noheri, Jean ^d   Conrad, Patricia A ^a   Gilardi, Kirsten V K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INDIANAPOLIS ZOO   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of London ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Disease transmission; Ecosystem health; Giardia; Mountain gorilla; One health; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; APE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GORILLA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RWANDA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GORILLA GORILLA; HUMANS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RWANDA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84887071838     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-09-229     Document Type: Article

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