Detection of Theileria ovis in naturally infected sheep by nested PCR

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-104

  Altay, Kursat ^a   Dumanli, Nazir ^a   Holman, Patricia J ^b   Aktas, Munir ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Nested PCR; Protozoa; Sheep; Specific primers; Theileria ovis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIIDAE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA OVIS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIIDAE;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TURKEY;

EID: 20344385272     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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