Prevalence of cryptosporidium infection and characteristics of oocyst shedding in a breeding colony of leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 600-607

  Deming, Clare ^a,b   Greiner, Ellis ^a   Uhl, Elizabeth W ^a,c  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium sp.; Eublepharis macularius; Leopard gecko; Prevalence; Wasting syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIZARD; MALE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; FELIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 58149136358     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2006-016.1     Document Type: Article

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