Cryptosporidium spp. parasitize exotic birds that are commercialized in markets, commercial aviaries, and pet shops

Parasitology Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1363-1370

  Gomes, Raquel Saucier ^a   Huber, Franziska ^b   Da Silva, Sidnei ^c   Do Bomfim, Teresa Cristina Bergamo ^a  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Superior de Tecnologia de Paracambi (IST/FAETEC)   (Brazil)

^c Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; AVIAN GENETICS; BIRD; BRAZIL; CANARY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FINCH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MARKET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPARROW;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; COCKATOOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LONCHURA STRIATA DOMESTICA; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; PADDA; PADDA ORYZIVORA; PROTOZOA; SERINUS CANARIA;

EID: 84863445971     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-011-2636-5     Document Type: Article

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