Polymerase chain reaction detection of Clostridium perfringens in feces from captive and wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-32

  Fujita, Shiho ^a,c   Kageyama, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Conservation; Health monitoring; NestedPCR; Non invasive; Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii; Pan troglodytes verus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GUINEA; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANZANIA; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECES; GUINEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES SCHWEINFURTHII; PAN TROGLODYTES VERUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846247776     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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