PCR for the identification and differentiation of Histomonas meleagridis, Tetratrichomonas gallinarum and Blastocystis spp.

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 223-230

  Grabensteiner, E ^a   Hess, M ^a  

^a Clinic for Avian   (Austria)

Author keywords

Blastocystis spp.; Histomonas meleagridis; PCR; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTOZOAL DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; FLAGELLATE; FUNGUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TURKEY (BIRD); VIRUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRICHOMONADIDA; TURKEYS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AVIAN ORTHOREOVIRUS; BLASTOCYSTIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENTAMOEBA INVADENS; ENTAMOEBA RANARUM; FUNGI; GALLUS GALLUS; HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE;

EID: 33750991353     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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