Prevalence and identity of Cryptosporidium spp. in pig slurry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 4461-4463

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Moore, John E ^b   Ukoh, Ukeme ^a   Gatei, Wangeci ^a   Lowery, Colm J ^c   Murphy, Thomas M ^d   Dooley, James S G ^c   Millar, B Cherie ^b   Rooney, Paul J ^b   Rao, Juluri R ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Central Pathology Laboratory   (Ireland)

^e AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; RUNOFF; SLURRIES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PIG SLURRY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

RUNOFF; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DETECTION METHOD; PARASITE; PIG; SLURRY; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IRELAND; SWINE; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33745157148     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00370-06     Document Type: Article

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