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The first detection of Cryptosporidium deer-like genotype in cattle in Japan.
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2009
Amer Said, Honma Hajime, Ikarashi Makoto, Oishi Ryu, Endo Mikiko, Otawa Kenichi, Nakai Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
The general perception is that cattle are major reservoirs for Cryptosporidium parvum infections in humans and that C. parvum is a major cause of diarrhea and production loss in cattle. Adult cattle may play an important role as cryptic carrier of the infection. Cryptosporidium spp. in asymptomatic adult dairy cattle from some farms around Osaki area, Miyagi prefecture, Japan, was examined on a field visit during...
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