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First report of Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777).
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2007
Gómez-Couso H, Méndez-Hermida F, Ares-Mazás E
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A total of 51 faecal samples from wild and farmed mink were analysed by a direct immunofluorescence antibody test. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in eight, apparently healthy, farmed American mink (Mustela vison). The isolates were identified as Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype by PCR-RFLP and sequencing analysis of a 341-base-pair fragment of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene....
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