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VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY
Volume 159, Issue 2, Pages 167-170Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.003
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Coyote; Alberta; Giardia; Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Toxascaris
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Coyotes from southern Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, were examined for the presence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium and cohabiting helminths. Toxascaris was present in over 90% of the 70 animals examined, and Taenia sp. in 6.5-25% of the two groups of animals studied. Giardia (12.5-21.7%) and Cryptosporidium (0-17.4%) were also common and molecular characterisation revealed both zoonotic and host-adapted genotypes of Giardia, whereas the Cryptosporidium proved to be a variant of the canine species C. canis. The seasonal variation observed in the occurence of Cryptosporidium may be related to stress-induced shedding of the parasite. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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