Blastocystis sp. from Food Animals in India
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Date
2013-02
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J Parasit Dis
Abstract
Blastocystis, a zoonotic protozoan found in the intestinal tracts of a wide range of animals, has not been reported from non-human hosts from India so far. Organisms indistinguishable from Blastocystis sp. were identified in the Giemsa stained i8ntestinal scrapings collected from in the Giemsa stained intestinal scrapings collected from carcasses of piglet and poultry that were brought for necropsy to the Central University Laboratory, Chennai.
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Blastocystis sp., Intestinal Scrapings, Foods animals, Poultry, Pig, Buffalo calf