Occurrence and molecular characterization of cryptosporidium and giardia in captive wild ruminants in Belgium

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 126-130

  Geurden, Thomas ^a   Goossens, Els ^b   Levecke, Bruno ^a   Vercammen, Francis ^c   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Claerebout, Edwin ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Captive wild ruminants; Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Giardia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BOVIDS; BUFFALO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, WILD; ANIMALS, ZOO; BELGIUM; BISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RUMINANTS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BISON; BOVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 65249134330     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2008-0152.1     Document Type: Article

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