Preliminary studies on developing a nested PCR assay for molecular diagnosis and identification of nematode (Heterakis isolonche) and trematode (Glaphyrostomum sp.) in Okinawa rail (Gallirallus okinawae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 156-160

  Zhao, Chen ^a   Onuma, Manabu ^a   Asakawa, Mitsuhiko ^b   Nagamine, Takashi ^c   Kuwana, Takashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Conservation and Animal Welfare Trust ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Nested PCR; Okinawa rail; Parasite identification

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GALLIRALLUS OKINAWAE; GLAPHYROSTOMUM; HETERAKIS ISOLONCHE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, HELMINTH; FECES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

AVES; GALLIRALLUS OKINAWAE; GLAPHYROSTOMUM; HETERAKIS ISOLONCHE; TREMATODA;

EID: 67349118828     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.038     Document Type: Article

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