| prevalence and molecular typing of giardia spp. in captive mammals at the zoo of zagreb, croatia. | a total of 131 faecal samples from 57 mammalian species housed at the zoo of zagreb, croatia, were tested for the presence of giardia spp. cysts using epifluorescence microscopy. the overall prevalence (29%) was high, yet all animals were asymptomatic at the time of sampling. positive samples were characterized by pcr and sequence analysis of both conserved and variable loci, for the identification of giardia species and g. duodenalis assemblages and genotypes. assemblages a and c were identifie ... | 2010 | 20970259 |