Drug combination therapy in control of cryptosporidiosis in Ludhiana district of Punjab

The present report describes outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in neonatal cross bred cattle calves ageing 1–2 months in an organized dairy farm. The protozoan infection was confirmed by identifying bright red oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. in the faecal samples after staining with modified acid Fast Z...

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Autores principales: Randhawa, S. S., Randhawa, Swaran S., Zahid, U. N., Singla, L. D., Juyal, P. D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3427675/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082541
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12639-012-0123-2
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Sumario:The present report describes outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in neonatal cross bred cattle calves ageing 1–2 months in an organized dairy farm. The protozoan infection was confirmed by identifying bright red oocysts of Cryptosporidium spp. in the faecal samples after staining with modified acid Fast Zeihl–Neelsen stain. Metronidazole and furazolidone combination was able to induce clinically and parasitological recovery. This is believed to be the first report on the successful use of this drug combination against cryptosporidiosis.

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