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Short Note: Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts detected using acid-fast stain in faeces of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2008

Fernando Fredes ,
Angela Díaz ,
Eduardo Raffo  and
Pamela Muñoz
Fernando Fredes*
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa Avenue, 11735, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
Angela Díaz
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa Avenue, 11735, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
Eduardo Raffo
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa Avenue, 11735, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
Pamela Muñoz
Affiliation:
Department of Preventive Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa Avenue, 11735, La Pintana, Santiago, Chile
*
*[email protected]
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Cryptosporidium is considered to be one of the indicators of environmental contamination and water quality (Garcia 2001, Fayer 2004, Ramirez & Sreevatsan 2006). At the present time the presence of this parasite has been recorded on all the continents, including Antarctica (Fredes et al. 2007a).

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Biological Sciences
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 495 - 496
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Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2008

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