The development and evaluation of a nested PCR assay for detection of Neospora caninum and Hammondia heydorni in feral mouse tissues

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-233

  Barratt, Joel ^a,b   Al Qassab, Sarwat ^a,b   Reichel, Michael P ^c   Ellis, John T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Gribbles Veterinary Pathology   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hammondia heydorni; Mouse; Neospora caninum; PCR; Prevalence; Toxoplasmatinae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; FERAL ANIMAL; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; HEART; LIVER; MOUSE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; MUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; RODENTIA;

EID: 46849095362     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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