Lectin staining of trichostrongylid nematode eggs of sheep: Rapid identification of Haemonchus contortus eggs with peanut agglutinin

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-450

  Palmer, D G ^a   McCombe, I L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

eggs; Haemonchus contortus; Lectins; nematodes; Ostertagia circumcincta; parasites; sheep; Trichostrongylus colubriformis

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; FLUORESCEIN; LECTIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; FECES; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LECTIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SHEEP;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; MACLURA POMIFERA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS ARIES; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

EID: 0029889495     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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