Respiratory and intestinal zoonotic cryptosporidiosis in symptomatic domestic pigeons (<i>Columba livia domestica</i>) in Tabriz, Iran.
Considering the high frequency of cryptosporidiosis reported here in symptomatic birds and that both identified Cryptosporidium species are zoonotic parasites, findings claim a public health risk assessment of this species of animals.
Authors
- V. R. Ranjbar
- Andrew Frederick Hemphill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-2128)
- Alireza Sazmand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-2993)
- Domenico Otranto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7518-476X)
- Monireh Khordadmehr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4472-3847)
- Ahmad Oryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1697-2376)
- Pardis Almasi
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Shiraz University (IR)
- Bu-Ali Sina University (IR)
- University of Tabriz (IR)
- University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22099/ijvr.2024.49762.7335
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- University of Tabriz