Single-strand restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the second internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal DNA) for six species of Eimeria from chickens in Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1019-1023

  Woods, W G ^a   Whithear, K G ^a   Richards, D G ^a   Anderson, G R ^b   Jorgensen, W K ^b   Gasser, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chickens; Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Ribosomal DNA; Second internal transcribed spacer; Species specific markers

Indexed keywords

MARKER; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; GENETIC MARKER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; EIMERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EIMERIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033837213     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00084-9     Document Type: Article

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