Common occurrence of zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium meleagridis in broiler chickens and turkeys in Algeria

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 196, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 334-340

  Baroudi, Djamel ^a   Khelef, Djamel ^a   Goucem, Rachid ^a   Adjou, Karim T ^b   Adamu, Haileeyesus ^c   Zhang, Hongwei ^c,d   Xiao, Lihua ^c  

^a HIGHER NATIONAL VETERINARY SCHOOL   (Algeria)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Algeria; C. meleagridis; Chickens; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Diagnosis; Genotyping; GP60; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ALGERIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROILER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; GENE; GLYCOPROTEIN 60 GENE; ILEUM; INFECTION RATE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SMALL SUBUNIT RRNA GENE; TURKEY (BIRD);

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; GALLUS GALLUS;

ALGERIA; C. MELEAGRIDIS; CHICKENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSIS; GENOTYPING; GP60; TURKEYS;

AGING; ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; ILEUM; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; TURKEYS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84881544243     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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