Authors: BingMu Hsu HauYang Wun PingChi Hsu
Publish Date: 2007/02/20
Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 275-280
Abstract
In this study 107 fecal specimens were collected from 40 sampling sites in Taiwan livestock and avian farms to test for Giardia cysts Enzymelinked immunosorbent assay ELISA and immunofluorescent microscopic examination were performed as a presumption test and confirmation test respectively Eight out of 107 samples analyzed by ELISA showed the presence of Giardia among which six samples were confirmed by immunofluorescent microscopic examination and four samples were reconfirmed by polymerase chain reaction method Giardia species were identified by nucleic acid sequencing method of βgiardin gene Two Giardia duodenalis assemblage A isolates and E isolates were all detected from cattle feces This is the first identification of genotypes of G duodenalis in the feces of feeding animals in Taiwan
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