Prevalence of Fasciola hepatica in the intermediate host Lymnaea truncatula detected by real time TaqMan PCR in populations from 70 Swiss farms with cattle husbandry

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 164-169

  Schweizer, G ^a   Meli, M L ^a   Torgerson, P R ^a   Lutz, H ^a   Deplazes, P ^a   Braun, U ^a  

^a VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cattle; Fasciola hepatica; Lymnaea truncatula; Real time TaqMan PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMNAEA TRUNCATULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAIL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; FEMALE; LYMNAEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

BOS; BOVINAE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FOSSARIA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 35648929808     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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