Distribution and Genetic Characterizations of Cryptosporidium spp. in Pre-Weaned Dairy Calves in Northeastern China's Heilongjiang Province

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Weizhe ^a   Wang, Rongjun ^b   Yang, Fengkun ^a   Zhang, Longxian ^b   Cao, Jianping ^c   Zhang, Xiaoli ^a   Ling, Hong ^a   Liu, Aiqin ^a   Shen, Yujuan ^c  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 60 GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84872852585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054857     Document Type: Article

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