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. 1989 Dec 1;30(4):437–440. doi: 10.1186/BF03548020

Pneumocystis carinii in Large Domestic Animals in Denmark. A Preliminary Report.

O P Settries 1,✉, Sv Aa Henriksen 1
PMCID: PMC8142160  PMID: 2640780

Abstract

By microscopic examination of toluidine blue O stained autopsy lung imprints Pneumocystis carinii was shown in 6 calves out of 160 (3.8%), in 1 sheep out of 28 (3.6%) and in 8 pigs out of 119 (6.7%). This is the first report of Pneumocystis carinii in calves, sheep and pigs in Denmark.

Keywords: calves, sheep, pigs

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Acknowledgments

The authors want to thank Mr. Poul-Erik Larsen and Miss Lotte Pedersen for excellent technical assistance.

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