The application of PCR and reverse line blot hybridization to detect arthropod-borne hemopathogens of dogs and cats in Trinidad

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 196-199

  Georges, Karla ^a,b   Ezeokoli, Chukwudozi D ^a   Newaj Fyzul, Aweeda ^a   Campbell, Mervyn ^a   Mootoo, Natasha ^a   Mutani, Alexander ^a   Sparagano, Olivier A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Hemopathogens; PCR; Reverse line blot; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTHROPOD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CAT DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CANIS; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE LINE BLOT HYBRIDIZATION; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANAPLASMA PLATYS; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA SP.; CANDIDATUS MYCOPLASMA HAEMOMINUTUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FELIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; MYCOPLASMATALES;

EID: 57849110049     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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