Development and validation of a quantitative PCR to detect Parvicapsula minibicornis and comparison to histologically ranked infection of juvenile Chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum), from the Klamath River, USA

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-192

  True, K ^a   Purcell, M K ^b   Foott, J S ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b WESTERN FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Histopathology; Myxozoan parasite; Parvicapsula minibicornis; Plasmid molecular equivalent; Real time PCR; Taqman

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; KIDNEY; METHODOLOGY; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SALMON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; FISH DISEASES; KIDNEY; MYXOZOA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SALMON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PARVICAPSULA MINIBICORNIS;

EID: 61649119709     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2008.00975.x     Document Type: Article

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