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Genotypes and subtypes of Cryptosporidium spp. in diarrheic lambs and goat kids in northern Greece.
Parasitology international - 1 Aug 2018
Papanikolopoulou Vasiliki, Baroudi Djamel, Guo Yaqiong, Wang Yuanfei, Papadopoulos Elias, Lafi Shwakat Q, Abd El-Tawab Mohamed M, Diakou Anastasia, Giadinis Nektarios D, Feng Yaoyu, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
Inconsistent data exist on the distribution of zoonotic Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in sheep and goats in European countries, and few such data are available from Greece. In this study, 280 fecal specimens were collected from 132 diarrheic lambs and 148 diarrheic goat kids aged 4 to 15 days on 15 farms in northern Greece, and examined for Cryptosporidium spp. using microscopy of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained...
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