Serendipitous discovery of a novel protostrongylid (Nematoda: Metastrongyloidea) in caribou, muskoxen, and moose from high latitudes of North America based on DNA sequence comparisons

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1143-1156

  Kutz, Susan J ^a   Asmundsson, Ingrid ^b   Hoberg, Eric P ^b   Appleyard, Greg D ^c   Jenkins, Emily J ^d   Beckmen, Kimberlee ^e   Branigan, Marsha ^f   Butler, Lem ^e   Chilton, Neil B ^g   Cooley, Dorothy ^h   Elkin, Brett ^f   Huby Chilton, Florence ⁱ   Johnson, Deborah ^f   Kuchboev, Abdurakhim ^j   Nagy, John ^f   Oakley, Michelle ^h   Polley, Lydden ^k   Popko, Richard ^f   Scheer, Aedes ^l   Simard, Manon ^m   Veitch, Alasdair ^f   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h Government of Yukon   (Canada)

ⁱ CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^j Institute of Zoology Tashkent Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences   (Uzbekistan)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^l NONE   (Canada)

^m Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA SEQUENCES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CARIBOU (RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; DORSAL-SPINED LARVAE (DSL);

FISH;

DNA; ENDOPARASITE; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LARVA; NEMATODE; NEW RECORD; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; RUMINANT; SLUG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WILD POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALCES ALCES; ALCES ALCES GIGAS; DEROCERAS LAEVE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODA; OVIBOS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS WARDI; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS ANDERSONI; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS; UNGULATA; VARESTRONGYLUS ALPENAE;

EID: 39649113571     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-091     Document Type: Article

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