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      <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">2583-7214</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>TMP Universal Journal of Research and Review Archives</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2583-7214</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Ms Ashvi Jain</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.69557/ujrra.v3i4.114</article-id>
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        <article-title>THE INVESTIGATION AND STUDY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM INFECTION IN STRAY DOGS AND EFFICACY OF TREATMENT WITH TRIMETHOPRIM/ SULFADIAZIN AND CLINDAMYCIN IN TABRIZ AND SUBURBS</article-title>
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      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Ordoobadi</surname>
            <given-names>Farzad</given-names>
          </name>
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        </contrib>
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      <aff id="aff-1">Department of Parasitology, Faculty of veterinary medicine, Islamic Azad University of Tabriz</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-10-13">
        <day>13</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>3</volume>
      <issue>4</issue>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-year>2024</copyright-year>
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            This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License which permits unrestricted use, sharing, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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      <self-uri xlink:href="https://tmp.twistingmemoirs.com/index.php/ujrra/article/view/114"/>
      <abstract>
        <p>This study investigated the prevalence of Cryptosporidium in stray dogs in Tabriz city, Iran, and evaluated the efficacy of a combination of Clindamycin and Trimethoperim/ Sulfadiazin for treating Cryptosporidiosis. Faecal samples of 200 stray dogs were examined by Ziehl Neelsen microscopic method and the results showed that 12 (%6) collars showed infection with Cryptosporidium, with 8 collars in female and 4 in male dogs. According to the age of the dogs, 9 dogs under one year (Puppy) and 3 adult dogs over one year old (%1.5) were diagnosed with Cryptosporidium. There was a statistically significant difference in the prevalence of Cryptosporidium between male and female dogs (p&amp;lt;0.05). A treatment course of clindamycin (25 mg/kg/day) and trimethoprim/sulfadiazine (15 mg/kg PO bid for 7 days) was administered and 10 dogs (%83.4) were cured, while 2 dogs showed positive cases. The results suggest that a combination of Clindamycin and Trimethoperim/Sulfadiazin is an effective treatment for Cryptosporidiosis in dogs, but further studies are needed to provide precise pharmacological explanations.</p>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>Cryptosporidium</kwd>
        <kwd>Dog</kwd>
        <kwd>Zoonotic diseases</kwd>
        <kwd>Clindamycin</kwd>
        <kwd>Trimethoperim/ Sulfadiazin</kwd>
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