Neospora Caninum-like oocysts observed in feces of free-ranging red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and coyotes (Canis latrans)

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1270-1274

  Wapenaar, Wendela ^a   Jenkins, Mark C ^a,b   O'Handley, Ryan M ^a,c   Barkema, Herman W ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; DNA; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COYOTE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; FOX; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEOSPORA; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCCIDIOSIS; COYOTES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOXES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA];

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; COCCIDIA; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33846956134     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-913R.1     Document Type: Article

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