Detection and differentiation of Theileria luwenshuni and T. uilenbergi infection in small ruminants by PCR

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 233-237

  Yin, H ^a   Liu, Z ^a,b   Guan, G ^a   Liu, A ^a   Ma, M ^a   Ren, Q ^a   Luo, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Detection; Differentiation; PCR; Theileria luwenshuni; Theileria uilenbergi

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES; THEILERIA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GENETICS; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; THEILERIA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

EID: 51049087067     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2008.01031.x     Document Type: Article

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