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Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in Tibetan sheep and yaks.
Parasitology research - 1 Mar 2018
Zhang Qiang, Cai Jinzhong, Li Pei, Wang Lin, Guo Yaqiong, Li Chunhua, Lei Mengtong, Feng Yaoyu, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
Few studies have been conducted on the distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in Tibetan sheep and yaks, which live outdoors in extreme climate with high altitude. In this study, fecal specimens from 312 Tibetan sheep and 554 yaks in Qinghai, China, were collected and examined for E. bieneusi by PCR-sequence analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer. Among them, 73 (23.4%) specimens from...
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