Prevalence and genotype distribution of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in farmed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Shandong Province, eastern China

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 119; no. 6; pp. 1873 - 1878
• Main Authors: Ma, Yuan-Yuan, Ma, Ye-Ting, Nie, Lan-Bi, Li, Tao-Shan, Peng, Jun-Jie, Cong, Wei, Zou, Yang, Zhu, Xing-Quan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2020; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; China - epidemiology; Disease transmission; Dogs; Enterocytozoon - genetics; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Farms; Feces - parasitology; Female; Genetic aspects; Genotype; Genotype & phenotype; Genotypes; Immunology; Male; Medical Microbiology; Microbiology; Microsporidiosis - epidemiology; Microsporidiosis - parasitology; Microsporidiosis - veterinary; Nyctereutes procyonoides; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Prevalence; Protozoology - Original Paper; Raccoon Dogs - parasitology; Ribosomal DNA; Sequence analysis; Statistical analysis; China; Eastern China; Raccoon dogs; ); Shandong Province; Prevalence; Genotypes; Raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides); Enterocytozoon bieneusi

Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a common microsporidian species, which can infect humans and various species of animals. However, little is known about E. bieneusi prevalence and genotypes in farmed raccoon dogs ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) in Shandong Province, China. In this study, a total of 356 fecal...