Identification and semi-quantitation of Ostertagia ostertagi eggs by enzymatic amplification of ITS-1 sequences

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-257

  Zarlenga, D S ^a   Gasbarre, L C ^a   Boyd, P ^a   Leighton, E ^b   Lichtenfels, J R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b C BAR Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Internal transcribed spacer; Ostertagia; PCR; Quantitation; Ribosomal DNA; Strongyle; Trichostrongyle

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HAEMONCHUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA;

COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OESOPHAGOSTOMUM RADIATUM; ONCOPHORA; OSTERTAGIA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; PROTOZOA; STRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLE;

EID: 0032580935     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00114-9     Document Type: Article

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