A novel technique for identification of Ascaris suum cohorts in pigs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 171-174

  Nejsum, Peter ^a,b   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^a   Jørgensen, Claus ^b   Fredholm, Merete ^b   Roepstorff, Allan ^a  

^a Agrohydrology Group   (Denmark)

^b Faculty of Life Sciences   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Challenge infection; Cohorts; Genotypes; Host parasite interaction

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 43049119248     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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