Publications
| cryptosporidium erinacei and c. parvum in a group of overwintering hedgehogs. | this study describes cryptosporidiosis in an overwintering group of 15 european hedgehogs (erinaceus europaeus), comprising 3 adults and 12 juveniles. four juvenile hedgehogs were hospitalised with anorexia, malodorous diarrhoea and dehydration. immediate parasitological examinations revealed the presence of cryptosporidium sp. in these animals and also in 5 other juveniles. all hedgehogs were coproscopically monitored for 4 months over the winter season. shedding of cryptosporidium oocysts pers ... | 2016 | 27344109 |
| cryptosporidium erinacei n. sp. (apicomplexa: cryptosporidiidae) in hedgehogs. | the morphological, biological, and molecular characteristics of cryptosporidium hedgehog genotype are described, and the species name cryptosporidium erinacei n. sp. is proposed to reflect its specificity for hedgehogs under natural and experimental conditions. oocysts of c. erinacei are morphologically indistinguishable from cryptosporidium parvum, measuring 4.5-5.8 μm (mean=4.9 μm) × 4.0-4.8 μm (mean=4.4 μm) with a length to width ratio of 1.13 (1.02-1.35) (n=100). oocysts of c. erinacei obtai ... | 2014 | 24529828 |