Combining Slaughterhouse Surveillance Data with Cattle Tracing Scheme and Environmental Data to Quantify Environmental Risk Factors for Liver Fluke in Cattle

Liver fluke infection causes serious disease (fasciolosis) in cattle and sheep in many regions of the world, resulting in production losses and additional economic consequences due to condemnation of the liver at slaughter. Liver fluke depends on mud snails as an intermediate host and infect livesto...

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Main Authors: Giles T. Innocent, Lucy Gilbert, Edward O. Jones, James E. McLeod, George Gunn, Iain J. McKendrick, Steve D. Albon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2017.00065/full