TY - GEN AU - Barrera, Juan P AU - Miró, Guadalupe AU - Carmena, David AU - Foncubierta, Carlos AU - Sarquis, Juliana AU - Marino, Valentina AU - Estévez-Sánchez, Efrén AU - Bailo-Barroso, Begoña AU - Checa, Rocío AU - Montoya, Ana PY - 2024 DO - 10.1186/s12917-024-04297-0 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/26433 AB - The enteric protozoan parasites Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. are common cause of diarrhea in pet dogs and cats, affecting primarily young animals. This comparative study evaluates the diagnostic performance of conventional and molecular... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Cat KW - DFA KW - Diagnostic performance KW - Dog KW - ICT KW - MIF KW - PCR KW - Risk factors KW - Animals KW - Cat Diseases KW - Cats KW - Cryptosporidiosis KW - Cryptosporidium KW - Dog Diseases KW - Dogs KW - Feces KW - Female KW - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct KW - Giardia lamblia KW - Giardiasis KW - Male KW - Prevalence KW - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction KW - Sensitivity and Specificity TI - Enhancing diagnostic accuracy: Direct immunofluorescence assay as the gold standard for detecting Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium spp. in canine and feline fecal samples TY - research article ER -