Cryptosporidia: A cause of illness in calves and people too
Published: August 28, 2013
Summary
One of the germs that contributes to calf scours cases is cryptosporidia, or "crypto". Crypto is a one-celled protozoa that is normally present in small numbers in the digestive tract of cows and calves. As such, it's not an organism you can eliminate from a farm. Calves pick this bug up from manure on their mother or in their pen. It's a very hardy germ; in cool temperatures it can survive for w...
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31 de agosto de 2013
Dear sir,
How to diagnose this disease? Can we see the eggs or the protozoan parasite in the dung?Kindly give the pictures of the eggs or the protozoan parasite.
Thanking you in the meanwhile,
Dr. G.B.Haranath
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2 de septiembre de 2013
The oocysts can be visualized under the microscope when fecal smears are treated with acid-fast stains. A picture can be seen at http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/DiseaseInfo/disease-images.php?name=cryptosporidiosis.
Thanks, Russ Daly
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