A new approach for the diagnosis of myiasis of animals: The example of horse nasal myiasis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 186-190

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Horse; Rhinoestrus purpureus; Rhinoestrus usbekistanicus; Semi nested PCR

Indexed keywords

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLY; HORSE DISEASE; LARVA; MYIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOESTROSIS; RHINOESTRUS PURPUREUS; RHINOESTRUS USBEKISTANICUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MYIASIS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OESTRIDAE; RHINOESTRUS; RHINOESTRUS USBEKISTANICUS;

EID: 33748613784     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.031     Document Type: Article

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