Prevalence and molecular characterization of bovine Cryptosporidium in Qazvin province, Iran

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 316-318

  Keshavarz, Akbar ^a   Haghighi, Ali ^a   Athari, Amid ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^a,b   Abadi, Alireza ^b   Mojarad, Ehsan Nazemalhosseini ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium andersoni; Cryptosporidium bovis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Genotype

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IRAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION SITE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; IRAN; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WEANING;

BOS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 61349171869     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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