First report of Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777).
A total of 51 faecal samples from wild and farmed mink were analysed by a direct immunofluorescence antibody test. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in eight, apparently healthy, farmed American mink (Mustela vison). The isolates were identified as Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype by PCR-RFLP and sequencing analysis of a 341-base-pair fragment of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. This is the first report of Cryptosporidium in American mink.
Gómez-Couso
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Laboratorio de Parasitología, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida de Vigo s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
Méndez-Hermida
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Ares-Mazás
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D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016785:Cryptosporidium parvum / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005838:Genotype; D008907:Mink / Q000469:parasitology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny