Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia species and genotypes in sheep in Maryland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 17-24

  Santín, Mónica ^a   Trout, James M ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Epidemiology; Genotyping; Giardia; PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; UNITED STATES; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 34147181780     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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