Broad dissemination of Histomonas meleagridis determined by the detection of nucleic acid in different organs after experimental infection of turkeys and specified pathogen-free chickens using a mono-eukaryotic culture of the parasite

Parasitology International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-322

  Grabensteiner, E ^a   Liebhart, D ^a   Weissenbock H ^b   Hess, M ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dissemination; Histomonas meleagridis; In situ hybridization; PCR; spf chickens; Turkeys

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AVIAN STOMACH; BRAIN; BURSA FABRICII; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUODENUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLAGELLATE; HEART; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; JEJUNUM; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PANCREAS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; THYMUS; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS;

AVES; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 33750344809     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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