STUDY ON CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS IN BOVINES
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2007
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Karnataka Veterinary Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar
Abstract
Cryptosporidiosis is an emerging zoonotic disease of global importance caused by the apicomplexan, protozoan parasite. Cryptosporidium, inhabits the microvilli of epithelial surface of the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts of a wide variety of vertebrates, including humans, causing significant morbidity and mortality, which now represents the third major cause of diarrhoeal disease world wide (Spano and Crisanti, 2000).