Genetic characterization of three unique operational taxonomic units of Eimeria from chickens in Australia based on nuclear spacer ribosomal DNA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 152, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 226-234

  Cantacessi, Cinzia ^a   Riddell, Shane ^b   Morris, Genevieve M ^a   Doran, Timothy ^b   Woods, Wayne G ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Chicken; Coccidiosis; Eimeria; Nuclear ribosomal DNA; Operational taxonomic unit (OTU); Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EIMERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EIMERIA; EIMERIA MAXIMA; GALLUS GALLUS; OTUS;

EID: 40249113008     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.12.028     Document Type: Article

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