| prevalence and molecular characterization of cryptosporidium spp. and giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle in ningxia, northwestern china. | cryptosporidium spp. and giardia duodenalis are important gastrointestinal protists in humans and animals worldwide. in china, bovine cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis are of increasing concern because cattle are important reservoirs of these parasites, which have become potential threats to public health and to large numbers of cattle in recent years. | 2014 | 25488627 |
| prevalence, risk factors and multilocus genotyping of giardia intestinalis in dairy cattle, northwest china. | giardia intestinalis is a cosmopolitan protozoan parasite that can infect a range of animals, including dairy cattle. as information regarding the prevalence and genotyping of g. intestinalis infection in dairy cattle in northwestern china is limited, 2,945 feces samples from 1,224 dairy cattle in gansu province and from 1,614 in ningxia hui autonomous region (nxhar) were examined between december 2012 and march 2014. the overall prevalence of g. intestinalis was 3.63% (107/2,945), with 2.63% an ... | 2016 | 26729604 |
| prevalence and molecular characterization of cryptosporidium spp. and giardia duodenalis in dairy cattle in beijing, china. | 822 fecal samples from cattle in six areas of beijing were examined with microscopy for cryptosporidium oocysts and giardia cysts. the overall infection rates for cryptosporidium spp. and giardia duodenalis were 2.55% and 1.09%, respectively. cryptosporidium was only detected in calves and heifers, whereas g. duodenalis was found in all age groups. cryptosporidium spp. were characterized with a pcr-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and dna sequence analysis of the small subunit ( ... | 2016 | 26921041 |