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Cryptosporidium outbreak in calves on a large dairy farm: Effect of treatment and the association with the inflammatory response and short-term weight gain

Cryptosporidium spp. infections in neonatal dairy calves can cause diarrhoea and, in rare cases, death. The infection is usually self-limiting, but halofuginone lactate (HL) can be used prophylactically. Calves (n = 144) in the study were born during a 2-month period on one farm. A total of 901 seru...

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Autores principales: Niine, Tarmo, Dorbek-Kolin, Elisabeth, Lassen, Brian, Orro, Toomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7111845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29304439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.12.015