Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in dairy cattle in South Bohemia, the Czech Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 141-144

  Ondráčková, Zuzana ^a   Kváč, Martin ^a,b   Sak, Bohumil ^b   Květoňová, Dana ^b   Rost, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium spp.; Genotyping; GP60; Slaughterhouses; SSU

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN 60; PROTOZOAL DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA EXTRACTION; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAIRYING; FECES; FEMALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 70349492668     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.06.035     Document Type: Article

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