Development of a diagnostic PCR to detect Neoparamoeba perurans, agent of amoebic gill disease

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-295

  Young, N D ^a   Dykova I ^b   Nowak, B F ^a   Morrison, R N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amoebic gill disease; Detection; Neoparamoeba perurans; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CHEMISTRY; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; GILL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCODINA; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; GILLS; LOBOSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALMO SALAR; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

NEOPARAMOEBA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 41049094788     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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