Species of eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from tree squirrels (Sciurus niger) (Rodentia: Sciuridae) and analysis of the ITS1, ITS2, and 5.8S rDNA

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-197

  Motriuk Smith, Dagmara ^a   Seville, R Scott ^a   Oliver, Clinton E ^a   Hofmann, Danielle L ^a   Smith, Arik W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 5S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 5.8S;

CONSPECIFIC; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EIMERIA; EIMERIA LANCASTERENSIS; EIMERIA ONTARIOENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SQUIRREL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASE; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNITED STATES;

APICOMPLEXA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS NIGER; SCIURUS NIGER CINEREUS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EIMERIA; FECES; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; RODENT DISEASES; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIRGINIA; WYOMING;

EID: 64549156874     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1653.1     Document Type: Article

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