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Common occurrence of a unique Cryptosporidium ryanae variant in zebu cattle and water buffaloes in the buffer zone of the Chitwan National Park, Nepal.
Veterinary parasitology - 30 Apr 2012
Feng Yaoyu, Karna Sandeep Raj, Dearen Theresa K, Singh Dinesh Kumar, Adhikari Lekh Nath, Shrestha Aruna, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
There are very few studies on the diversity and public health significance of Cryptosporidium species in zebu cattle and water buffaloes in developing countries. In this study, PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequence analyses of the small-subunit (SSU) rRNA gene were used to genotype Cryptosporidium specimens from 12 zebu cattle calves, 16 water buffalo calves, and four swamp deer (Cervus...
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