| prevalence and molecular characterisation of cryptosporidium and giardia in lambs and goat kids in belgium. | the prevalence of cryptosporidium and giardia was studied on 10 intensively reared sheep and goat farms in the province of east flanders, belgium. random faecal samples were collected and examined using the merifluor((r)) immunofluorescence assay. cryptosporidium positive samples were withheld for molecular identification using primers targeting the 18s rdna, 70 kda heat shock protein and 60 kda glycoprotein gene. for the molecular identification of giardia the beta-giardin gene and a recently d ... | 2008 | 18565678 |