Mixed Infection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in a Pet Dog.
| Accession number;04A0385496 |
| Title;Mixed Infection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in a Pet Dog. |
| Author;MATSUBAYASHI MAKOTO(Osaka Joshi-Gakuen Jr. Coll.) ABE NIICHIRO(Osaka City Inst. of Public Health and Environ. Sci.) KIMATA OSAMU(Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City Univ., JPN) TAKEZAWA YASUKO(Osaka Prefecture Univ., Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sci., JPN) TANI HIROYUKI(Osaka Prefecture Univ., Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sci., JPN) SASAI KAZUMI(Osaka Prefecture Univ., Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sci., JPN) BABA EIICHIRO(Osaka Prefecture Univ., Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sci., JPN) |
Journal Title;Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
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Journal Code:Y0220A
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ISSN:0446-6454
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VOL.57;NO.5;PAGE.317-320(2004)
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| Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.2, REF.18 |
| Pub. Country;Japan |
| Language;Japanese |
| Abstract;Giardia trophozoites were detected in fecal samples from a pet dog (4 years old) with diarrhea. After treatment with metronidazole, the dog recovered from illness and Giardia was not found in its fecal samples. But detailed examination of the feces revealed Cryptosporidium oocysts too. Consequently this case was diagnosed as a mixed infection of both Cryptosporidium and Giardia. Even after treatment with metronidazole, Cryptosporidium oocysts persisted in the fecal samples. This suggests that metronidazole has no anti-cryptosporidial effects. The Cryptosporidium isolate from this dog was identified as C. canis, specific to dogs, by PCR-RFLP analysis. This is the second report of Cryptosporidium infection in a pet dog and the first case of mixed infection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Japan. (author abst.) |
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