Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in dairy calves from 11 farms in Prince Edward Island, Canada

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 323-326

  Coklin, Tatjana ^a,b   Uehlinger, Fabienne D ^c   Farber, Jeffrey M ^a   Barkema, Herman W ^c,d   O'Handley, Ryan M ^c,e   Dixon, Brent R ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Dairy calves; Genotyping; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 61349098485     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.096     Document Type: Article

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