The inadvertent introduction into Australia of Trypanosoma nabiasi, the trypanosome of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), and its potential for biocontrol

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3167-3175

  Hamilton, P B ^a   Stevens, J R ^b   Holz, P ^c   Boag, B ^d   Cooke, B ^e   Gibson, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Healesville Sanctuary   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e Fundacion Charles Darwin   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Australia; Biological introduction; Evolution of parasitism; Immunocontraception; Phylogeny; Rabbit; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HERPETOSOMA; LEPTOPSYLLIDAE; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SPILOPSYLLUS CUNICULI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA NABIASI; VERTEBRATA;

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBIT; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLEAS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 26944491897     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02602.x     Document Type: Article

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