Cryptosporidium muris in a Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)

0342899 - BC 2012 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Kodádková, A. - Kváč, M. - Ditrich, Oleg - Sak, Bohumil - Xiao, L.
Cryptosporidium muris in a Reticulated Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata).
Journal of Parasitology. Roč. 96, č. 1 (2010), s. 211-212. ISSN 0022-3395. E-ISSN 1937-2345
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/05/0992; GA ČR GP523/07/P117
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : Cryptosporidium muris * Reticulated giraffe * natural infection
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
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Cryptosporidium spp. infection in captive exotic mammals was investigated using staining and molecular biological methods. A total of 323 faecal samples from 100 mammalian species (62 Artiodactyla, 33 Rodentia, 3 Perissodactyla and 2 Paenungultata) in four zoological gardens in the Czech Republic was examined. Only in a reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) sample Cryptosporidium sp. infection was detected. The partial small subunit rRNA sequence obtained from the isolate was identical to sequences of Cryptosporidium muris in rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) and Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus). Neonatal BALB/c mice inoculated with 1×103 fresh oocysts of the C. muris giraffe isolate did not produce a detectable infection.
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