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Prevalence and genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in 1-2 year old dairy cattle.
Veterinary parasitology - 10 Sept 2006
Trout James M, Santín Mónica, Greiner Ellis C, Fayer Ronald
Abstract excerpt
To determine the prevalence of Giardia genotypes in 12-24 month old dairy heifers, fecal specimens were collected from two farms each in Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida. Specimens, cleaned of fecal debris and concentrated using CsCl density gradient centrifugation, were subjected to PCR and DNA sequence analysis. Prevalence of Giardia infection, ranged from 11% to...
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