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Occurrence of Cryptosporidium suis and Cryptosporidium scrofarum on commercial swine farms in the Czech Republic and its associations with age and husbandry practices.
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2013
Němejc Karel, Sak Bohumil, Květoňová Dana, Kernerová Naděžda, Rost Michael, Cama Vitaliano A, Kváč Martin
Abstract excerpt
From 2009 to 2011, the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. was investigated on 22 farms in the Czech Republic. A total of 1,620 individual faecal samples of pigs of all age categories (pre-weaned, starters, pre-growers, growers, and sows) were evaluated for presence of Cryptosporidium spp. by standard microscopy and molecular tools. Genotyping was done through PCR amplification and characterization of the SSU rRNA...
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