Improved polymerase chain reaction technique for determining the species composition of Eimeria in poultry litter

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 632-635

  Jenkins, M C ^a   Miska, K ^a   Klopp, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Townsends Poultry   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian coccidiosis; Detection; Internal standards; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EIMERIA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA ACERVULINA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA;

EID: 33846347011     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7615-042106R.1     Document Type: Article

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