Prevalence and molecular typing of Cryptosporidium in dairy cattle in England and Wales and examination of potential on-farm transmission routes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 111-119

  Smith, R P ^a   Clifton Hadley, F A ^a   Cheney, T ^a   Giles, M ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Prevalence; Subtypes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; MANURE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RODENT; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHEMISTRY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA SEQUENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; SHEEP DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; WALES;

MANURE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRYING; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENGLAND; FEMALE; MANURE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; WALES;

EID: 84929312391     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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