title: Prevalence and genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. in farm animals in Egypt.
abstract: In this study, we examined the prevalence and molecular characteristics of Cryptosporidium in buffalo, dairy cattle and sheep in different farms at Kafr El Sheikh Province, Egypt. Rectal fecal samples, including 466 samples from buffalo, 1697 from cattle and 120 from sheep, were collected from different ages and screened by modified Ziehl-Neelsen acid-fast microscopy for detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts. All studied farms were positives with an overall prevalence of 1.29% in buffalo (4.17% in claves versus 0.48% in adults), 7.07% in cattle (6.90% in calves versus 10.20% and 6.10% in heifers and adults, respectively) and 2.50% in sheep (4.40% in lambs versus 1.30% in adults). PCR-RFLP analyses of small-subunit rRNA genes from positive specimens revealed the occurrence of C. parvum and C. ryanae in buffalo; C. parvum, C. ryanae, C. bovis and C. andersoni in cattle and only C. xiaoi in sheep. Genotypes distribution showed that C. ryanae was the dominant species (60.0%) followed by C. parvum (40.0%) in buffalo calves. Meanwhile, in cattle calves, C. parvum was the commonest species (74.23%) followed by C. ryanae (16.10%) and C. bovis (9.70%). Subtyping of C. parvum based on sequence analysis of the polymorphic 60 kDa glycoprotein gene locus showed the presence of subtypes IIdA20G1 and IIaA15G1R1 in both buffalo and cattle calves, addressing the potential role of calves in zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in Egypt.
authors: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kafrelsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, 33516, Egypt.
authors: Magdy Elsayed
authors: ME
authors: Mahfouz
authors: Nabila
authors: N
authors: Mira
authors: Said
authors: S
authors: Amer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000469:parasitology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000235:genetics*; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005838:Genotype; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D033661:Oocysts / Q000166:cytology; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*
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