One health: Controlling Cryptosporidium in the environment

• Autores: Beth Wells
• Localización: Veterinary Record, ISSN-e 2042-7670, Vol. 176, Nº. 24, 2015, págs. 615-616
• Idioma: inglés
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  • 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