Prevalence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium species in dog park attending dogs compared to non-dog park attending dogs in one region of Colorado

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 335-340

  Wang, Andrea ^a   Ruch Gallie, Rebecca ^a   Scorza, Valeria ^a   Lin, Philip ^a   Lappin, Michael R ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea; Dog; Dog park; Enteric parasites; Giardia; Molecular genotyping; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; BETA GIARDIN GENE; CENTRIFUGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DOG; DOG PARK; ENVIRONMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 GENE; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE GENE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COLORADO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RECREATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; GIARDIA;

EID: 84855920007     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.019     Document Type: Article

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