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SUBMITTER: Wu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7559002 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wu Yayun Y Zhang Kuankuan K Zhang Ying Y Jing Bo B Chen Yuancai Y Xu Chunyan C Wang Tian T Qi Meng M Zhang Longxian L
Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) 20200823 9
<i>Cryptosporidium parvum</i> has been identified as a major cause of diarrhea and diarrhea-associated deaths in young children and neonatal calves. Infections can remain asymptomatic but may lead to malnutrition and persistent growth retardation. To assess the relationship between <i>C. parvum</i> genetic diversity and pathogenicity in neonatal dairy calves and determine the cause of diarrhea among these calves, 232 fecal samples from neonatal dairy calves on 12 farms in Xinjiang, China, were c ...[more]