New data on epizootiology and genetics of piroplasms based on sequences of small ribosomal subunit and cytochrome b genes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 238-247

  Criado, A ^a   Martinez, J ^a   Buling, A ^b   Barba, J C ^b   Merino, S ^c   Jefferies, R ^d   Irwin, P J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Dr Barba Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Babesia; Cytochrome b; PCR; Phylogeny; Small ribosomal subunit; Theileria

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; RNA 18S; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOG; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HORSE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PSEUDOGENE; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

ANIMALS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA PRIMERS; DOGS; GOATS; HORSES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PIROPLASMIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BENNETTI; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; BABESIA OVIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 33751003532     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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