This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowReprints and Permissions
Right arrow Copyright Information
Right arrow Books from ASM Press
Right arrow MicrobeWorld
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Kuczynska, E.
Right arrow Articles by Pachepsky, Y.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Kuczynska, E.
Right arrow Articles by Pachepsky, Y.
Agricola
Right arrow Articles by Kuczynska, E.
Right arrow Articles by Pachepsky, Y.

 Previous Article  |  Next Article 

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2005, p. 6394-6397, Vol. 71, No. 10
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.10.6394-6397.2005

SHORT REPORT

Effect of Bovine Manure on Cryptosporidium parvum Oocyst Attachment to Soil

Ewa Kuczynska,1 Daniel R. Shelton,2* and Yakov Pachepsky2

Appalachian Farming Systems Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beaver, West Virginia 25813,1 Environmental Microbial Safety Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 207052

Received 2 September 2004/ Accepted 5 May 2005

The objective of this work was to assess the effect of dilute bovine manure (1.0% and 0.1%) versus that of no manure on attachment and subsequent detachment of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts to soil. Manure enhanced the attachment of oocysts to soil particles; the maximum attachment was observed with 0.1% manure. Oocyst attachment was partially reversible; maximum detachment was observed with dilute manure. These results indicate that oocyst attachment to soil is substantially affected by bovine manure in a complex manner and should have implications for how oocysts may be transported through or over soils.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Bldg. 173, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center East, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705. Phone: (301) 504-6582. Fax: (301) 504-6608. E-mail: sheltond{at}ba.ars.usda.gov.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2005, p. 6394-6397, Vol. 71, No. 10
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.10.6394-6397.2005




This article has been cited by other articles:

  • Oliver, D. M., Heathwaite, A. L., Fish, R. D., Chadwick, D. R., Hodgson, C. J., Winter, M., Butler, A. J. (2009). Scale appropriate modelling of diffuse microbial pollution from agriculture. Progress in Physical Geography 33: 358-377 [Abstract]  
  • Berry, E. D., Woodbury, B. L., Nienaber, J. A., Eigenberg, R. A., Thurston, J. A., Wells, J. E. (2007). Incidence and Persistence of Zoonotic Bacterial and Protozoan Pathogens in a Beef Cattle Feedlot Runoff Control Vegetative Treatment System. J. Environ. Qual. 36: 1873-1882 [Abstract] [Full Text]  


Copyright © 2009 by the American Society for Microbiology.   For an alternate route to Journals.ASM.org, visit: http://intl-journals.asm.org | More Info»