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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in ostriches (Struthio camelus) on a farm in central Vietnam.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jan 2013
Nguyen Sam Thi, Fukuda Yasuhiro, Tada Chika, Huynh Vu Vy, Nguyen Duc Tan, Nakai Yutaka
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This study was performed to determine the prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium in ostriches on a farm in Khanh Hoa province, central Vietnam. A total of 464 ostrich fecal samples were examined Cryptosporidium oocysts using the modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining method, and 110 (overall prevalence 23.7%) were identified as positive by microscopy. Prevalence of Cryptosporidium in animals of <45...
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