Occurrence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in pigs on Prince Edward Island, Canada

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-24

  Budu Amoako, Ebo ^a,b   Greenwood, Spencer J ^a   Dixon, Brent R ^c   Barkema, Herman W ^d   Hurnik, Daniel ^a   Estey, Chelsie ^a   McClure, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b PEI Food Technology Centre   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Giardia; Pigs; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PREVALENCE; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84860419232     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.047     Document Type: Article

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