Identification of Assemblage A Giardia in White-Tailed Deer

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1254-1255

  Trout, J M ^a   Santin, M ^a   Fayer, R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DEER; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MARYLAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CERVIDAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346368172     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3165RN     Document Type: Article

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