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Experimental cryptosporidiosis in mice, calves and chicken

Experimentell cryptosporidios hos möss, kalvar och kycklingar

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica volume 27, pages 80–90 (1986)Cite this article

Abstract

Experimental infections attributed solely to Cryptosporidium were carried out in newborn SPF mice, calves and chicken in order to study the prepatency, patency and incubation periods, describe the clinical symptoms and find and describe any correlations between the association of Cryptosporidium with the intestinal mucosa and presence of pathological lesions. The paper also gives the clinical and paarsitological parameters of Cryptosporidium infection of calves from a field survey and compares them to the results of experimental study.

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Experimentella infektioner tillskrivna enbart Cryptosporidium genomfördes på nyfödda SPF möss, kalvar och kycklingar för att studera prepatens, patens och inkubationsperioder, beskriva kliniska symptom och finna och beskriva samband mellan förekomst av Cryptosporidium vid tarmväggens mukosa och patologiska förändringar i tarmen. Artikeln ger också de kliniska och parasitologiska parametrarna för Cryptosporidium infektion hos kalvar i en fältstudie, och jämför dem med de experimentella resultaten.

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Pohjola, S., Lindberg, LA. Experimental cryptosporidiosis in mice, calves and chicken. Acta Vet Scand 27, 80–90 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03548561

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