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Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from pigs and cattle in Denmark

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2006

R. B. LANGKJÆR ,
H. VIGRE ,
H. L. ENEMARK  and
C. MADDOX-HYTTEL
R. B. LANGKJÆR
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Bülowsvej 27, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
H. VIGRE
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiology and Risk Assessment, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Mørkhøj Bygade 29, DK-2860 Søborg, Denmark
H. L. ENEMARK
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Bülowsvej 27, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark Present address: Department of Large Animal Sciences, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Dyrlaegevej 48, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
C. MADDOX-HYTTEL
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Research, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Bülowsvej 27, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
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Abstract

The genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis from dairy cattle and pigs in Denmark was determined in the present study. Faecal samples from 1237 pigs and 1150 cattle originating from 50 sow herds and 50 dairy herds, respectively, were analysed for the presence of the two parasites by immunofluorescence microscopy. A large proportion of the (oo)cyst containing samples were selected for molecular characterization. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the 18S rDNA locus and/or the HSP70 gene of 183 pig and 154 cattle isolates of Cryptosporidium revealed the presence of C. suis, pig genotype II, C. parvum (cattle genotype), C. bovis, Cryptosporidium deer-like genotype and a novel C. suis-like genotype. For both cattle and pigs, a host age-related change in distribution of species/genotypes was observed. The zoonotic C. parvum (cattle genotype) was most prevalent in young calves. For Giardia, 82 and 145 isolates from pigs and cattle, respectively, were analysed at the 18S rDNA locus and/or the gdh gene. Giardia isolates belonging to the zoonotic Assemblage A was found in both young and older calves, as well as in weaners and piglets, whereas cows seemed to be infected purely by isolates of the livestock group, Assemblage E.

Keywords

Cryptosporidium sppGiardia duodenalisdairy cattlepigDenmarkgenetic diversityzoonotic genotypes
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 134 , Issue 3 , March 2007 , pp. 339 - 350
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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