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Identification and genotyping of Giardia spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. isolates in aquatic birds in the Salburua wetlands, Álava, Northern Spain.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 May 2016
Cano Lourdes, de Lucio Aida, Bailo Begoña, Cardona Guillermo A, Muadica Aly Salimo Omar, Lobo Luis, Carmena David
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Aquatic birds are known to be suitable hosts for a number of avian-specific species and genotypes of the enteric protozoan parasites Giardia and Cryptosporidium. Waterbirds have also been reported as sporadic carriers of species of both pathogens from human or domestic animal origin via environmental contamination. Because aquatic birds can shed substantial amounts of infective Giardia and Cryptosporidium...
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