Cryptosporidiosis

Cattle Production and Zoonotic Concerns

Abstract

National Cattlemen's Association recently set policy. Under Animal Health and Inspection, the first phase reads, "Support research to reduce the presence of crypto." Cattle practitioners know cryptosporidiosis from several standpoints. First, the finding of cryptosporidial occysts is frequent in stool specimens submitted for scours diagnosis. Second, diagnosticians report "Enteritis due to Cryptosoridium" after necropsy of calves which died with dehydration and diarrhea. Third, recent graduates have been witness to cryptosporidiosis with severe clinical signs in themselves or some classmates.