Genetic Diversity of Major Piroplasm Surface Protein Genes and Their Allelic Variants of Theileria Parasites in Thai Cattle

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 991-994

  Sarataphan, Nopporn ^a   Nilwarangkoon, Sirinun ^b   Tananyutthawongese, Chantra ^b   Kakuda, Tsutomu ^c   Onuma, Misao ^c   Chansiri, Kosum ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Major piroplasm surface protein; PCR; Theileria

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; IKEDA; THEILERIA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; THEILERIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; THAILAND; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033192116     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.991     Document Type: Article

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