Is their anyone out their who can explain what it is or give me a web site?
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what is crypto?
LeopardGecko05
Aug 10, 2004 08:55 PM
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spot012
Aug 10, 2004 09:06 PM
Go to drgecko.com. It's cryptosporidium.
milwaukeereptile
Aug 10, 2004 09:08 PM
Crypto = Cryptosporidium sp
I don't know about anywhere else but I know once every few years we get it in our water supply and go on boil advisory. Very bad for elderly, children, immunodefienct persons, animals, ect...
http://www.drgecko.com/proliferativeenterocolitis.htm
http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap24.html
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Brian Skibinski
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BigSurf
Aug 10, 2004 09:15 PM
It is a microscopic parasite (protazoa), Cryptosporidium parvum. It is one of the few parasites that can be transmitted between animals and humans.
Use google to search for Cryptosporidiosis, there is over 61,600 hits.
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BigSurf
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