Concurrent Cryptosporidium and parvovirus infections in a puppy

• Published in: Australian veterinary journal Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 98 - 101
• Main Authors: DENHOLM, KM, HAITJEMA, H, GWYNNE, BJ, MORGAN, UM, IRWIN, PJ
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2001
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Antibodies, Viral - isolation & purification; canine parvovirus; Cryptosporidiosis - complications; Cryptosporidiosis - diagnosis; Cryptosporidiosis - veterinary; Cryptosporidium; Cryptosporidium parvum - genetics; Cryptosporidium parvum - isolation & purification; Diagnosis, Differential; DNA, Protozoan - isolation & purification; dog; Dog Diseases - diagnosis; Dogs; Feces - parasitology; Gastroenteritis - complications; Gastroenteritis - diagnosis; Gastroenteritis - veterinary; Male; Parvoviridae Infections - complications; Parvoviridae Infections - diagnosis; Parvoviridae Infections - veterinary; Parvovirus, Canine - immunology; Parvovirus, Canine - isolation & purification; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; puppy
• ISSN: 0005-0423; 1751-0813
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2001.tb10708.x

Cryptosporidium parvum, an intestinal coccidian parasite, was isolated from faeces and intestinal biopsies of a 9‐week‐old puppy with acute parvoviral gastroenteritis. Gene sequence analysis identified a Cryptosporidium genotype not previously recorded in Australia. The puppy recovered after treatment with crystalloid fluids, synthetic and natural colloids and jejunostomy tube feeding.