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Detection and characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. on swine farms in Ontario, Canada.
Foodborne pathogens and disease - 1 Nov 2011
Farzan Abdolvahab, Parrington Lorna, Coklin Tatjana, Cook Angela, Pintar Katarina, Pollari Frank, Friendship Robert, Farber Jeffrey, Dixon Brent
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As part of the C-EnterNet surveillance program of the Public Health Agency of Canada, 122 pooled swine manure samples from 10 farms in Ontario, Canada were collected and tested for Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Giardia duodenalis cysts and Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts were detected using immunofluorescence microscopy. Nested-polymerase chain reaction protocols were performed to amplify the small subunit rRNA gene...
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