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Occurrence of Cryptosporidium parvum and Bacterial Pathogens in Faecal Material in the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Population

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Abbreviations

dd:

double-distilled

DTT:

dithiothreitol

IFA:

immunofluorescent antibody

PCR:

polymerase chain reaction

RFLP:

restriction fragment length polymorphism

ZN:

Ziehl–Neelsen

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  1. Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast

    Y. Nagano, M. Watabe, K. A. McCorry, E. Crothers, P. J. Rooney, B. C. Millar, J. S. Elborn & J. E. Moore

  2. School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK

    M. B. Finn, C. J. Lowery & J. S. G. Dooley

  3. Department of Parasitology, Department of Agriculture and Food, Central State Veterinary Laboratory, Abbottstown, Castleknock, Dublin

    T. Murphy

  4. Department of Agriculture and Food, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Dublin

    J. Moriarty

  5. Department of Agriculture and Food, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Cork

    E. Power

  6. Department of Agriculture and Food, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Kilkenny

    D. Toolan

  7. Department of Agriculture and Food, Regional Veterinary Laboratory, Limerick, Ireland

    A. O’Loughlin

  8. Applied Plant Science Research Division, Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute (AFBI), Belfast, Northern Ireland

    J. R. Rao

  9. Laboratory of Molecular Biology, School of Environmental Health Sciences, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan

    M. Matsuda

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Nagano, Y., Finn, M.B., Lowery, C.J. et al. Occurrence of Cryptosporidium parvum and Bacterial Pathogens in Faecal Material in the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Population. Vet Res Commun 31, 559–564 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-007-3519-1

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