Incidence of Cryptosporidium parvum in the dairy cattle population in a New York City Watershed

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Starkey, Simon R ^a   Wade, Susan E ^a   Schaaf, Stephanie ^a   Mohammed, Hussni O ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Risk; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; FOLLOW UP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PROTOZOON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WEANING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEW YORK CITY; PARASITE EGG COUNT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 22244449235     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.040     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. E.R. Atwill, B. Hoar, M. das Gracas Cabral Pereira, K.W. Tate, F. Rulofson, and G. Nader Improved quantitative estimates of low environmental loading and sporadic periparturient shedding of Cryptosporidium parvum in adult beef cattle Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69 2003 4604 4610
2. K.A. Becher, I.D. Robertson, D.M. Fraser, D.G. Palmer, and R.C. Thompson Molecular epidemiology of Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections in dairy calves originating from three sources in western Australia Vet. Parasitol. 123 2004 1 9
3. J.A. Castro-Hermida, Y.A. Gonzalez-Losada, M. Mezo-Menendez, and E. Ares-Mazas A study of cryptosporidiosis in a cohort of neonatal calves Vet. Parasitol. 106 2002 11 27
4. M.J. Farthing Clinical aspects of human cryptosporidiosis Contrib. Microboil. 6 2000 50 74
5. Fayer, R., Speer, C., Dubey, J., 1997. The general biology of Cryptosporidium. In: Fayer, R. (Ed.), Cryptosporidium and Cryptosporidiosis, revised ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 1-41.
6. R. Fayer, L. Gasbarre, P. Pasquali, A. Canals, S. Almeria, and D. Zarlenga Cryptosporidium parvum infection in bovine neonates: dynamic, clinical, parasitic and immunologic patterns Int. J. Parasitol. 28 1998 49 56
7. R. Fayer, U. Morgan, and S.J. Upton Epidemiology of Cryptosporidum: transmission, detection, and identification Int. J. Parasitol. 30 2000 1305 1322
8. L.P. Garber, M.D. Salman, H.S. Hurd, T. Keefe, and J.L. Schlater Potential risk factors for Cryptosporidium infection in dairy calves J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 205 1994 86 91
9. J.R. Georgi, and M.E. Georgi Parasitology for Veterinarians fifth ed. 1990 W.B. Saunders Co Philadelphia, PA pp. 297-301
10. T.L. Heitman, L.M. Frederick, J.R. Viste, N.J. Guselle, U.M. Morgan, R.C. Thompson, and M.E. Olson Prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium and characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from wildlife, human, and agricultural sources in the North Saskatchewan River Basin in Alberta, Canada Can. J. Microbiol. 48 2002 530 541
11. M.L. Hutchison, L.D. Walters, S.M. Avery, B.A. Synge, and A. Moore Levels of zoonotic agents in British livestock manures Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 39 2004 207 214
12. D.S. Lindsay, S.J. Upton, D.S. Owens, U.M. Morgan, J.R. Mead, and B.L. Blagburn Cryptosporidium andersoni n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporiidae) from cattle, Bos taurus J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 47 2000 91 95
13. M.J. Messner, C.L. Chappell, and P.C. Okhuysen Risk assessment for Cryptosporidium: a hierarchical Bayesian analysis of human dose response data Water Res. 35 2001 3934 3940
14. H.O. Mohammed, S.E. Wade, and S.L. Schaaf Risk factors associated with Cryptosporidium parvum infection in dairy cattle in southeastern New York State Vet. Parasitol. 83 1999 1 13
15. M. Naciri, M.P. Lefay, R. Mancassola, P. Poirier, and R. Chermett Role of Cryptosporidium parvum as a pathogen in neonatal diarrhoea complex in suckling and dairy calves in France Vet. Parasitol. 85 1999 245 257
16. D.V. Nydam, S.E. Wade, S.L. Schaaf, and H.O. Mohammed Number of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts or Giardia spp. cysts shed by dairy calves after natural infection Am. J. Vet. Res. 62 2001 1612 1615
17. M. Santin, J.M. Trout, L. Xiao, L. Zhou, E. Greiner, and R. Fayer Prevalence and age-related variation of Cryptosporidium species and genotypes in dairy calves Vet. Parasitol. 122 2004 103 117
18. W.M. Sischo, E.R. Atwill, L.E. Lanyon, and J. George Cryptosporidia on dairy farms and the role these farms may have in contaminating surface water supplies in the northeastern United States Prev. Vet. Med. 43 2000 253 267
19. A.P. Sturdee, A.T. Bodley-Tickell, A. Archer, and R.M. Chalmers Long-term study of Cryptosporidium prevalence on a lowland farm in the United Kingdom Vet. Parasitol. 116 2003 97 113
20. S. Uga, J. Matsuo, E. Kono, K. Kimura, M. Inowe, S.K. Rai, and K. Ono Prevalence of Cryptosporidium parvum infection and pattern of oocyst shedding in calves in Japan Vet. Parasitol. 94 2000 27 32
21. S.E. Wade, H.O. Mohammed, and S.L Schaaf Prevalence of Giardia sp., Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium muris (C. andersoni) in 109 dairy herds in five counties of southeastern New York Vet. Parasitol. 93 2000 1 11
22. L. Xiao, R. Fayer, U. Ryan, and S.J. Upton Cryptosporidium taxonomy: recent advances and implications for public health Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 17 2004 72 97
23. L. Zhou, A. Singh, J. Jiang, and L. Xiao Molecular surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. in raw wastewater in Milwaukee: implications for understanding outbreak occurrence and transmission dynamics J. Clin. Microbiol. 41 2003 5254 5257 Erratum in: J. Clin. Microbiol. 42 (2004) 1859