| Literature DB >> 17468970 |
F Méndez-Hermida1, H Gómez-Couso, E Ares-Mazás.
Abstract
The viability of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts ingested by Artemia franciscana metanauplii was evaluated using two fluorogenic vital dyes. There was no significant difference (p = 0.09) between the viability of oocysts maintained in saline (control) and those recovered from the digestive tract of the microcrustacean 24 h after ingestion (95 vs 90% viable oocysts). The results suggest that Artemia, used as a life food in fish larviculture, may act as a vehicle for transmission of piscine cryptosporidiosis caused by Cryptosporidium molnari and Cryptosporidium scophthalmi.Entities:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17468970 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0543-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitol Res ISSN: 0932-0113 Impact factor: 2.289