Controlling Cryptosporidium in the environment. (13th June 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wells, Beth
• Is Part Of: Veterinary record. Volume 176:Number 24(2015)
• Page Start: 615
• Page End: 616
• Publication Date: 2015-06-13
• Subjects: Veterinary medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine vétérinaire -- Périodiques; Veterinary medicine; Veterinary Medicine; Periodicals; Periodical; Electronic journals; 636.089
• DOI: 10.1136/vr.h984
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-4900

Abstract

Abstract : Cryptosporidium: is a zoonotic pathogen which can affect livestock, wild animals and people. If public water supplies become contaminated with the parasite, it can pose a public health risk. Recently, Beth Wells and colleagues from the Moredun Research Institute undertook a study looking at Cryptosporidium transmission in Glenlivet, Scotland. The project provided an example of how the health of livestock, wild animals, the environment and people intersect