Comparison of three different preservatives for morphological and real-time PCR analyses of Haemonchus contortus eggs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Harmon, Aaron F ^a   Williams, Zachary B ^a   Holler, Larry D ^a   Hildreth, Michael B ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg preservation; Haemonchus contortus; Lugol's iodine; Real time PCR; Sodium azide; Trichostrongyles

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; LUGOL; PRESERVATIVE; SODIUM AZIDE;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; FREEZING; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HAEMONCHUS; IODIDES; OVUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; SODIUM AZIDE;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLE;

EID: 33947231060     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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