A simplified protocol for molecular identification of Eimeria species in field samples

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 35-45

  Haug, Anita ^a,b   Thebo, Per ^b   Mattsson, Jens G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Avian coccidiosis; Diagnosis; DNA extraction; Eimeria; Field samples; Oocysts; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPOROZOITE; TECHNIQUE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; EIMERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA PRAECOX; EIMERIA TENELLA;

EID: 34047257721     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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