Non-invasive assessment of parasitic nematode species diversity in wild Soay sheep using molecular markers

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 625-631

  Wimmer, B ^a   Craig, B H ^a   Pilkington, J G ^a   Pemberton, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High through put; Natural infection; Parasite diversity; Parasitic nematodes; Soay sheep; Species identification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; NEMATODE; PARASITE CONTROL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BUNOSTOMUM TRIGONOCEPHALUM; CHABERTIA OVINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICTYOCAULUS FILARIA; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; MALE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIRUS FILICOLLIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; SHEEP; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS VITRINUS; TRICHURIS OVIS;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DICTYOCAULUS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHURIS;

NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1842558700     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.022     Document Type: Article

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