Preliminary communication on cryptosporidiosis of pigs in Viet-Nam.

Feces were collected from 17 pigs (aged 4-8 weeks) in several farms situated within the region of Hanoi. By coproscopy of the samples, eggs of Ascaris suum and Oesophagostomum dentatum were detected as well as oocysts of Eimeria scabra, E. debliecki, E. perminuta and E. suis, and in addition to it, cryptosporidia to an extend indicating a considerable incidence of this parasitic protozoan in the country.