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SUBMITTER: Dan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6827885 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dan Jiaming J Zhang Xueping X Ren Zhihua Z Wang Liqin L Cao Suizhong S Shen Liuhong L Deng Junliang J Zuo Zhicai Z Yu Shumin S Wang Ya Y Ma Xiaoping X Liu Haifeng H Zhou Ziyao Z Hu Yanchun Y Fu Hualin H He Changliang C Geng Yi Y Gu Xiaobin X Peng Guangneng G Zhong Zhijun Z
PloS one 20191104 11
Giardia duodenalis is a zoonotic parasitic protist and poses a threat to human and animal health. This study investigated the occurrence of G. duodenalis infection in post-weaned calves from Sichuan province, China. Faecal samples were collected from a total of 306 post-weaned calves (3-12 months old) from 10 farms, including 4 intensive feeding farms and 6 free-ranging farms. The overall infection rate of G. duodenalis was 41.2% (126/306) based on the PCR results at any of the three genetic loc ...[more]