Occurrence and molecular characterization ofGiardia duodenalisandCryptosporidiumspp. in sheep and goats reared under dairy husbandry systems in Greece
| العنوان: | Occurrence and molecular characterization ofGiardia duodenalisandCryptosporidiumspp. in sheep and goats reared under dairy husbandry systems in Greece |
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| المؤلفون: | Casaert Stijn, Smaragda Sotiraki, Amimul Ehsan, Nikolaos Voutzourakis, Thomas Geurden, Jozef Vercruysse, Nikolaos Tzanidakis, Edwin Claerebout, Despoina Kostopoulou |
| المصدر: | Parasite PARASITE Parasite, Vol 21, p 45 (2014) Europe PubMed Central |
| بيانات النشر: | EDP Sciences, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Giardiasis, Veterinary medicine, animal diseases, Genes, Protozoan, Protozoan Proteins, Cryptosporidiosis, Review Article, Feces, Zoonoses, Genotype, Prevalence, LAMBS, Animal Husbandry, Novel Approaches to the Control of Parasites in Goats and Sheep. Invited editors: Hervé Hoste, Smaragda Sotiraki and Michel Alvinerie, Greece, biology, Goats, Giardia, ZOONOTIC TRANSMISSION, HUMANS, Cryptosporidium, Animal husbandry, PREVALENCE, Dairying, Infectious Diseases, Cryptosporidium parvum, Goat, Triose-Phosphate Isomerase, Genotyping, KIDS, Veterinary (miscellaneous), Sheep Diseases, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION, lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases, Dairy, Species Specificity, parasitic diseases, Animals, lcsh:RC109-216, Sheep, Goat Diseases, SPAIN, ANIMALS, Oocysts, Biology and Life Sciences, GENOTYPES, biology.organism_classification, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Cross-Sectional Studies, Insect Science, Protozoa, Animal Science and Zoology, Parasitology, Flock, Giardia lamblia, ASSEMBLAGE |
| الوصف: | Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are gastro-intestinal protozoa known to infect small ruminants. Both protozoa are also considered as a potential public health concern. The objective of this study was to determine their prevalence in lambs and goat kids kept under common Mediterranean dairy husbandry systems and to identify the species and genotypes infecting these small ruminants. In total, 684 faecal samples (429 from lambs and 255 from goat kids) were collected on 21 farms in Greece and examined using a quantitative immunofluorescence assay. G. duodenalis was detected in 37.3% of the lambs and 40.4% of the goat kids. On all but one of the farms G. duodenalis was detected. Most samples were typed as a mono-infection with G. duodenalis assemblage E, both on the beta-giardin gene and the triose phosphate isomerase gene. Only 10% of samples were typed as mixed assemblage A and E infections. The prevalence of Cryptosporidium spp. was 5.1% in lambs and 7.1% in goat kids. In total, 8 out of the 14 farms with a sheep flock and 7 out of the 14 farms with a goat flock were positive. Cryptosporidium parvum (subtype IId), C. ubiquitum and C. xiaoi were identified, the latter especially in goat kids. In conclusion, the results of the present study illustrate that G. duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. occur frequently on both sheep and goats farms. The prevalence of zoonotic genotypes or species was low, indicating a limited but existing risk for zoonotic infections. |
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| تدمد: | 1776-1042 1252-607X |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::51f3328bc1461ba4ebae1da05846cd4bTest https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2014048Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....51f3328bc1461ba4ebae1da05846cd4b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17761042 1252607X |
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