Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in pre-weaned dairy calves in the Czech Republic: Absence of C. ryanae and management-associated distribution of C. andersoni, C. bovis and C. parvum subtypes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 378-382

  Kvac M ^a,b   Hromadova N ^b   Kvetonova D ^a   Rost, M ^c   Sak, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

C. bovis; C. parvum; Calves; Cryptosporidium andersoni; GP60; SSU

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN GP 60; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; ZOONOSES;

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

EID: 79954605507     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.048     Document Type: Article

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