Detection of Cryptosporidium muris type oocysts from beef cattle in a farm and from domestic and wild animals in and around the farm.
Cryptosporidium muris type oocysts were detected from 21 of 516 beef cattle in a farm. Then we surveyed Cryptosporidium oocysts in 348 beef and dairy cattle, 500 pigs, 101 dogs, 38 wild animals and 11 zoo-kept animals in and around the farm. Oocysts were detected from only 2 of 25 Japanese field mice, Apodemus speciosus in the same farm. Gene analysis suggested that the oocysts were different from the C. muris type bovine isolate.
Nakai
Yutaka
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Department of Animal Health and Management, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Tamatsukuri-gun, Miyagi, Japan.
Hikosaka
Kenji
K
Sato
Masaaki
M
Sasaki
Takako
T
Kaneta
Yoshiyasu
Y
Okazaki
Noriyuki
N
D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000469:parasitology*; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology*; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000469:parasitology*; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D033661:Oocysts / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity