Occurrence of Giardia duodenalis infection in chinchillas (Chincilla lanigera) from Italian breeding facilities

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 807-810

  Veronesi, F ^a   Piergili Fioretti, D ^a   Morganti, G ^a   Bietta, A ^a   Moretta, I ^a   Moretti, A ^a   Traversa, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Breeding facilities; Chinchilla; Giardia; Italy; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHINCHILLA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FECES CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GIARDIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REARING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; ITALY;

ANIMALIA; CHINCHILLA LANIGERA; CHINCHILLIDAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84863109840     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.12.019     Document Type: Article

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