ArticleActa veterinaria Scandinavica2017
Goats in the city: prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in extensively reared goats in northern India.
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- Global prevalence of Giardia infection in nonhuman mammalian hosts: A systematic review and meta-analysis of five million animals.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Pooled it
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- Giardia spp., the most ubiquitous protozoan parasite in Argentina: human, animal and environmental surveys reported in the last 40 years.Parasitology research · 2020Pooled it
- Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in goats (Capra hircus) from Zhejiang Province, China: evidence of zoonotic species and subtypes.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Genetic Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Gastrointestinal Parasites of Domestic Mammalian Hosts in Southeastern Iran.Veterinary sciences · 2023Article
- Molecular characterizations of Giardia duodenalis based on multilocus genotyping in sheep, goats, and beef cattle in Southwest Inner Mongolia, China.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2022Article
- Zoonotic giardiasis: an update.Parasitology research · 2021Review
- Molecular prevalence and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in cattle in Central Anatolia Region of Turkey.Parasitology research · 2020Article
- A survey of gastrointestinal parasites of goats in a goat market in Kathmandu, Nepal.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2019Article
- Occurrence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in black-boned sheep and goats in southwestern China.Parasites & vectors · 2019Article
- First report of Giardia duodenalis infection in bamboo rats.Parasites & vectors · 2018Article
- Correction to: Goats in the city: prevalence of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in extensively reared goats in northern India.Acta veterinaria Scandinavica · 2018Article
- Occurrence and genetic characterization of Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. from adult goats in Sichuan Province, China.PloS one · 2018Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundVarious characteristics of goats mean they are highly suitable livestock for backyard rearing by people with limited resources. They are a popular livestock choice in India, where they are often kept to supplement an already scarce income. In these settings, hygiene and sanitation standards tend to be low, and weakens the interface between humans and animals, thus reducing the barrier between them and thereby increasing the likelihood that zoonotic and anthroponotic infections will occur.
resultsThis study reports an investigation of the occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in goats being reared in different settings in urban and peri-urban areas in northern India, and addressed the zoonotic potential of these important protozoan parasites shed from goats living close to humans. The overall prevalence of G. duodenalis was 33.8 and 0.5% for Cryptosporidium spp.; the relatively low prevalence of cryptosporidiosis may reflect that most samples were derived from adult animals. The prevalence of G. duodenalis excretion was found to be similar to that reported in other studies. However, although other studies have reported a predominance of non-zoonotic Assemblage E in goats, in this study potentially zoonotic Assemblages predominated [Assemblage A (36%) and Assemblage B (32%)].
conclusionsThe results of this study indicate that in this area where goats and humans are living in close proximity, there may be sharing of intestinal parasites, which can be detrimental for both host species.
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