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Patterns of Cryptosporidium oocyst shedding by eastern grey kangaroos inhabiting an Australian watershed.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Oct 2005
Power Michelle L, Sangster Nicholas C, Slade Martin B, Veal Duncan A
Abstract excerpt
The occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts in feces from a population of wild eastern grey kangaroos inhabiting a protected watershed in Sydney, Australia, was investigated. Over a 2-year period, Cryptosporidium oocysts were detected in 239 of the 3,557 (6.7%) eastern grey kangaroo fecal samples tested by using a combined immunomagnetic separation and flow cytometric technique. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium in...
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