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Concurrent Cryptosporidium and parvovirus infections in a puppy
K M Denholm1, H Haitjema, B J Gwynne
1Division of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150.
Australian Veterinary Journal
|March 21, 2001
Abstract:
Cryptosporidium parvum, an intestinal coccidian parasite, was isolated from faeces and intestinal biopsies of a 9-week-old puppy with acute parvoviral gastroenteritis. Gene sequence analysis identified a Cryptosporidium genotype not previously recorded in Australia. The puppy recovered after treatment with crystalloid fluids, synthetic and natural colloids and jejunostomy tube feeding.