Molecular epidemiological survey of benign Theileria parasites of cattle in Japan: Detection of a new type of major piroplasm surface protein gene

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-256

  Kim, Jung Yeon ^a   Yokoyama, Naoaki ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a   Inoue, Noboru ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiaki ^b   Sentoku, Sachiko ^b   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Sugimoto, Chihiro ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Abashiri Livestock Hygiene Service Center Hokkaido   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bovine theileriosis; Major piroplasm surface protein; Small subunit ribosomal RNA; Theileria orientalis

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ORIENTALIS;

MAJOR PIROPLASM SURFACE PROTEIN, THEILERIA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA PRIMERS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 2342484963     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.66.251     Document Type: Review

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