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Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in pre-weaned dairy calves in the Czech Republic: absence of C. ryanae and management-associated distribution of C. andersoni, C. bovis and C. parvum subtypes.
Veterinary parasitology - 11 May 2011
Kváč M, Hromadová N, Květoňová D, Rost M, Sak B
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A total of 750 faecal samples of dairy calves at up to 2 months of age kept in various housing systems were screened for Cryptosporidium spp. infection using the aniline-carbol-methyl violet staining method. DNA was extracted from Cryptosporidium positive samples and from 150 randomly selected microscopically negative samples. Nested PCR was performed to amplify the partial SSU rRNA gene of Cryptosporidium that...
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