Detection of concurrent infection of dairy cattle with Blastocystis, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Enterocytozoon by molecular and microscopic methods

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1349-1355

  Fayer, Ronald ^a   Santin, Monica ^a   MacArisin, Dumitru ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

BLASTOCYSTIS; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84866083349     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2971-1     Document Type: Article

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