Evidence of Fasciola hepatica infection in Radix peregra and a mollusc of the family Succineidae in Ireland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 152-155

  Relf, V ^a,b   Good, B ^b   McCarthy, E ^a   de Waal, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fasciola hepatica; Galba truncatula; Ireland; Radix sp.; Snails; Succinea sp.

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; GALBA TRUNCATULA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GRAZING; INTERMEDIATE HOST; IRELAND; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIX PEREGRA; SHEEP DISEASE; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; IRELAND; MOLLUSCA; SNAILS;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GALBA TRUNCATULA; GASTROPODA; LYMNAEA; MOLLUSCA; OMALONYX MATHERONI; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOSUCCINEA; RADIX AURICULARIA; RADIX PEREGRA; RADIX SP.; STAGNICOLA (PULMONATE GASTROPOD); SUCCINEA; SUCCINEIDAE;

EID: 67349155586     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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