Application of conventional and real-time fluorescent ITS1 rDNA PCR for detection of Besnoitia besnoiti infections in bovine skin biopsies

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 352-356

  Cortes, Helder C E ^a   Reis, Yara ^b   Gottstein, Bruno ^c   Hemphill, Andrew ^c   Leitão, Alexandre ^b   Müller, Norbert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Cattle; Diagnosis; PCR; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACYL DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID GLYCOSYLASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34247335472     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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