Acta Vet. Brno 2023, 92: 243-250

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb202392030243

Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in calves in the Siirt Province, Türkiye

Özgür Yaşar Çelik1ID, Tekin Şahin1ID, Burçak Aslan Çelik2ID, Özlem Orunç Kılınç3ID, Adnan Ayan4ID, Gürkan Akyıldız5ID, Özge Oktay Ayan6ID, Yaşar Göz7ID, Kıvanç İrak8ID, Gül Görmez9ID

1Siirt University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Siirt, Türkiye
2Siirt University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Parasitology, Siirt, Türkiye
3Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Özalp Vocational School of Higher Education, Department of Medical Laboratory Technician, Van, Türkiye
4Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Genetics, Van, Türkiye
5Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Basic Health Sciences, İstanbul, Türkiye
6Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Parasitology, Van, Türkiye
7Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Van, Türkiye
8Siirt University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Siirt, Türkiye
9Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Van, Türkiye

Received October 3, 2022
Accepted July 11, 2023

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