First report of Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777).

作者信息

Gómez-Couso H, Méndez-Hermida F, Ares-Mazás E

机构信息

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.

出版信息

Parasitol Res. 2007 Mar;100(4):877-9. doi: 10.1007/s00436-006-0338-1. Epub 2006 Nov 17.

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.