Identification of Cryptosporidium xiaoi in diarrhoeic goat kids (Capra hircus) in Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 132-134

  Díaz, Pablo ^a   Quílez, Joaquín ^b   Robinson, Guy ^c   Chalmers, Rachel M ^c   Díez Baños, Pablo ^a   Morrondo, Patrocinio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium xiaoi; Goat kids; Neonatal diarrhoea; Spain

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM XIAOI; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GOAT; KID (GOAT); MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; ZOONOSES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS;

EID: 77955334528     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.029     Document Type: Article

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