Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in pigs at weaning
| Autor: | Willian Marinho Dourado Coelho, Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani, Marcelo Vasconcelos Meireles, Denise Junqueira Matos |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Diarrhea Normal consistency animal diseases Cryptosporidium spp Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences Feces fluids and secretions parasitic diseases medicine Weaning lcsh:Agriculture (General) biology Cysts Oocysts Giardia Cryptosporidium biology.organism_classification Swine lcsh:S1-972 digestive system diseases 030104 developmental biology Protozoa GIARDIA SPP medicine.symptom General Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Zdroj: | Semina: Ciências Agrárias, Vol 37, Iss 6, Pp 4157-4160 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 1679-0359 |
| Popis: | Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. are parasites and have been reported in many species of mammals, including humans. The goal of this research was to investigate the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in 45-days-old pigs. Fecal samples of 107 pigs were collected at three alternate days in piggeries in Aracatuba, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. Cryptosporidium oocysts were observed in 4.7% (5/107) of animals by Kinyoun acid-fast stain method and cysts of Giardia spp. were observed in 1.9% (2/107) of the animals by the method of Faust. Of all animals, 85 presented feces with normal consistency and 22 showed diarrhea in at least one collection. Two diarrheic samples showed positivity for both Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. From these results it is possible to infer that the occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia was low because of the good management practices and both protozoa were not associated the presence of symptoms. |
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