Development of a diagnostic DNA probe to detect setaria digjtata: The causative parasite of cerebrospinal nematodiasis in goats, sheep and horses

British Veterinary Journal

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 561-571

  Witjesundera, W S S ^a   Chandrasekharan, N V ^a   Karunanayake, E H ^a   Dharmasena, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal nematodiasis; DNA probes; Repetitive sequences; Setaria digitata; Tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DNA PROBE; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PARASITOLOGY; SETARIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DNA PROBES; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SETARIA NEMATODE; SETARIASIS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0030238378     PISSN: 00071935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0007-1935(96)80008-x     Document Type: Article

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