Application of polymerase chain reaction based on ITS1 rDNA to speciate Eimeria

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 110-114

  Jenkins, M C ^a   Miska, K ^a   Klopp, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Townsends Poultry   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian coccidiosis; Detection; Eimeria; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EIMERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EIMERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA BRUNETTI; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA NECATRIX; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33644951831     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7439-091305R.1     Document Type: Article

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