First report of Cryptosporidium parvum ‘ferret’ genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777) (original) (raw)

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A total of 51 faecal samples from wild and farmed mink were analysed by a direct immunofluorescence antibody test. Cryptosporidium oocysts were identified in eight, apparently healthy, farmed American mink (Mustela vison). The isolates were identified as Cryptosporidium parvum ‘ferret’ genotype by PCR-RFLP and sequencing analysis of a 341-base-pair fragment of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene. This is the first report of Cryptosporidium in American mink.

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The authors express their thanks to Dr. Rafael Romero Suances from the Department of Cellular Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) for providing the faecal samples from wild mink, and also to Mr. Jose Castro for allowing collection of the faecal samples from farmed mink.

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1. Laboratorio de Parasitología, Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida de Vigo s/n, 15782, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain
   H. Gómez-Couso, F. Méndez-Hermida & E. Ares-Mazás

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1. H. Gómez-Couso
2. F. Méndez-Hermida
3. E. Ares-Mazás

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Correspondence toE. Ares-Mazás.

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Genbank accession numbers of the sequences used in this study C. parvum, ‘bovine’ genotype AF266273; C. hominis, AF266265; C. parvum, ‘mouse’ genotype AF266268, C. wrairi, U35027; C. parvum, ‘ferret’ genotype AF266267; C. meleagridis, AF266266; C. parvum, ‘marsupial’ genotype AF266269; C. parvum, ‘pig’ genotype AF266270; C. canis, AF266274; C. felis, AF266263; C. baileyi, AF266276; C. serpentis, AF266275; C. andersoni, AF266262 and C. muris, AF161579

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Gómez-Couso, H., Méndez-Hermida, F. & Ares-Mazás, E. First report of Cryptosporidium parvum ‘ferret’ genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777).Parasitol Res 100, 877–879 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0338-1

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• Received: 06 June 2006
• Accepted: 05 September 2006
• Published: 17 November 2006
• Issue date: March 2007
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0338-1

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