Development and validation of species-specific nested PCRs for diagnosis of acute sarcocystiosis in sheep

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1331-1349

  Heckeroth, Anja R ^a   Tenter, Astrid M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nested PCR; Sarcocystis arieticanis; Sarcocystis tenella; Sheep; Small subunit ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABORTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; SHEEP;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SARCOCYSTIS; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; MAMMALIA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS ARIETICANIS; SARCOCYSTIS GIGANTEA; SARCOCYSTIS TENELLA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032855082     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00111-3     Document Type: Article

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