Atypical outbreak of caprine cryptosporidiosis in the Sultanate of Oman

Veterinary Record

Volumn 145, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 521-524

  Johnson, E H ^a   Muirhead, D E ^a   Windsor, J J ^a   King, G J ^b   Al Busaidy, R ^a   Cornelius, R ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b Veterinary Services   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BUBALUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; OMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; OMAN;

EID: 0033619345     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.145.18.521     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. ANDERSON, B. C. (1982) Crytosporidiosis in Idaho lambs: natural and experimental infections. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 181, 151-153
2. AWAD-EL-KARIEM, F. M., ROBINSON, H. A., PETRY, F., McDONALD, V., EVANS, D. & CASEMORE, D. (1998) Differentiation between human and animal isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum using molecular and biological markers. Parasitological Research 84, 297-301
3. CARD, C. E., PERDRIZET, J. A., GEORGI, M. E. & SHIN, S. J. (1987) Cryptosporidiosis associated with bacterial enteritis in a goat kid. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 191, 69-70
4. CARRAWAY, M., TZIPORI, S. & WIDMER, G. (1996) Identification of genetic heterogeneity in the Cryptosporidium parvum ribosomal repeat. Applied Environmental Microbiology 62, 712-716
5. CASEMORE, D. P. (1991) Laboratory methods for diagnosing cryptosporidiosis. Journal of Clinical Pathology 44, 445-451
6. FLECK, S. L. & MOODY, A. H. (1988) Stains for coccidian oocysts. In Diagnostic Techniques in Medical Parasitology. London, Butterworths. pp 25-27
7. FOREYT, W. J. (1990) Coccidiosis and cryptosporidiosis in sheep and goats. Veterinary Clinics of North America 6, 655-670
8. HARP, J. A., WOODMANSEE, D. B. & MOON, H. W. (1990) Resistance of calves to Cyptosporidium parvum: effects of age and previous exposure. Infection and Immunity 58, 2237-2240
9. JOHNSON, E. H., KASS, P. H. & SANT ROSA, J. (1995) Effects of energy supplementation and season on serum immunoglobulin and protein levels in Moxoto goats. Small Ruminant Research 15, 121-125
10. NINA, J. M., McDONALD, V., DEER, R. M., WRIGHT, S. E., DYSON, D. A., CHIODINI, P. L. & McADAM, K. P. (1992) Comparative study of antigenic composition of oocyst isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum from different hosts. Parasite Immunology 14, 223-227
11. O'DONOGHUE, P. J. (1995) Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis in man and animals. International Journal for Parasitology 25, 139-195
12. ORTEGA, Y. R., SHEEHY, R. R., CAMA, V. A., OISHI, K. K. & STERLING, C. R. (1991) Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates of bovine and human origin. Journal of Protozoology 38, 540-541
13. ORTEGA-MORA, L. M. & WRIGHT, S. E. (1994) Age-related resistance in ovine cryptosporidiosis: patterns of infection and humoral immune response. Infection and Immunity 62, 5003-5009
14. SHERWOOD, D., ANGUS, K. W., SNODGRASS, D. R. & TZIPORI, S. (1982) Experimental cryptosporidiosis in laboratory mice. Infection and Immunity 38, 471-475
15. SMITH, M. C. & SHERMAN, D. M. (1994) Digestive system. In Goat Medicine. Mavern, PA, Lea & Febiger. pp 275-358
16. TZIPORI, S. (1982) Diarrhoea in goat kids attributed to Cryptosporidium infection. Veterinary Record 111, 35-36
17. TZIPORI, S., ANGUS, K. W., CAMPBELL, I. & CLERIHEW, L. W. (1981) Diarrhea due to Cryptosporidium infection in artificially reared lambs. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 14, 100-105
18. TZIPORI, S., ANGUS, K. W., CAMPBELL, I. & GRAY, E. W. (1980) Cryptosporidium: evidence for a single-species genus. Infection and Immunity 30, 884-886
19. VIEIRA, L. S., SILVA, M. B. O., TOLENTINO, A. C. V., LIMA, J. D. & SILVA, A. C. (1997) Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in dairy goats in Brazil. Veterinary Record 140, 427-428