Molecular survey of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in sheep and goats in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over recent years, several studies have conducted genotyping of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in various hosts worldwide using sequence analysis of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS), however, relatively little is known about E. bieneusi in sheep and goats in China. Therefore this research was conducted to understand the prevalence and genotype distribution of E. bieneusi in farmed sheep and goats in China.

Results

A total of 1025 fecal specimens from farmed animals in various geographic areas were collected. Overall, PCR and sequence analysis of the ITS detected E. bieneusi in 34.4% (353/1025) of isolates; of which the prevalence in goats was 28.8% (176/611) and in sheep was 42.8% (177/414). Phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences identified 42 genotypes (n

SUBMITTER: Shi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5024852 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature