Toward practical, DNA-based diagnostic methods for parasitic nematodes of livestock - Bionomic and biotechnological implications

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Gasser, Robin B ^a   Bott, Nathan J ^a   Chilton, Neil B ^b   Hunt, Peter ^c   Beveridge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic markers; Genetic variation; Internal transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA; Livestock; Mutation scanning; Nematoda; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR); Specific diagnosis of infection; Strongylida

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH HAZARDS;

GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION SCANNING; NEMATODA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR); SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLIDA;

AGRICULTURE;

HELMINTH DNA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; NEMATODE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA, HELMINTH; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NEMATODA; PARASITES;

NEMATODA; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLOIDEA;

EID: 44749083762     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.03.003     Document Type: Review

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