Molecular diagnosis of equid summer sores

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 116-121

  Traversa, Donato ^a   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Petrizzi, Lucio ^a   De Amicis, Ippolito ^a   Brandt, Sabine ^b   Meana, Aranzazu ^c   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^d   Otranto, Domenico ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Habronema microstoma; Habronema muscae; Nematoda; Semi nested PCR; Skin; Spirurida

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EQUINE CUTANEOUS HABRONEMOSIS; HABRONEMA MICROSTOMA; HABRONEMA MUSCAE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN INFECTION;

ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, PARASITIC; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SPIRUROIDEA;

EQUIDAE; HABRONEMA MICROSTOMA; HABRONEMA MUSCAE; NEMATODA; SPIRURIDA;

EID: 35648996389     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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