PCR-based detection and genotyping of haematozoa (Protozoa) parasitizing eagle owls, Bubo bubo

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 467-470

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a,b   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SMEAR; BUBO BUBO; GENOTYPE; LEUCOCYTOZOON ZIEMANNI; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OWL; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPAIN; STRIGIFORMES;

BUBO BUBO; HAEMOPROTEUS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; PROTOZOA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 58649084390     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1207-x     Document Type: Article

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