Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in native breeds of cattle in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 241-245

  Maikai, Beatty V ^a,b   Umoh, Jalarth U ^b   Kwaga, Jacob K P ^b   Lawal, Idris A ^b   Maikai, Victor A ^b   Cama, Vitaliano ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Molecular epidemiology; Nigeria; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAZING; INFECTION RATE; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; MALE; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; ZOONOSES;

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

EID: 79956287483     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.12.048     Document Type: Article

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