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Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from calves in Argentina.
Veterinary parasitology - 6 Dec 2013
Tomazic Mariela L, Maidana Jimena, Dominguez Mariana, Uriarte Enrique Louge, Galarza Roxana, Garro Carlos, Florin-Christensen Monica, Schnittger Leonhard
Abstract excerpt
Cryptosporidiosis is responsible for significant fatalities of neonatal calves, resulting in substantial economic loss in dairy farming in several countries. Additionally, the high shedding of environmentally resistant oocysts by calves promotes contamination of drinking water and facilitates outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis in humans. Here we report on the Cryptosporidium species and GP60 subtypes of 45 calves...
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