Prevalence and molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in dairy cattle in Ontario, Canada

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-305

  Coklin, Tatjana ^a   Farber, Jeffrey ^a   Parrington, Lorna ^a   Dixon, Brent ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Giardia duodenalis; Zoonotic risk

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 36348945072     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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