Diarrhoea associated with cryptosporidial oocyst shedding in a quarterhorse stallion.
Cryptosporidial oocyst shedding was detected in a 2.5-year-old Quarterhorse stallion with diarrhoea. Based on the detection of cryptosporidial oocysts, and the absence of other aetiological agents or enteropathogens, cryptosporidiosis was presumptively diagnosed. This case was unusual because cryptosporidial oocyst shedding is primarily found in some immunocompromised or immature horses, and has not been reported in healthy mature horses.
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Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tuskegee University, Alabama 36088, USA.
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D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006736:Horses; D008297:Male