Species-specific polymerase chain reaction for the differentiation of larvae from Dictyocaulus viviparus and Dictyocaulus eckerti

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Von Samson Himmelstjema, G ^a   Woidtke, S ^a   Epe, C ^a   Schnieder, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnosis nematoda; Dictyocaulus eckerti; Dictyocaulus viviparus; genetics; internal transcribed spacer; polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICTYOCAULUS; GERMANY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030963499     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)01064-3     Document Type: Article

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