Development and validation of real-time PCR methods for diagnosis of Teladorsagia circumcincta and Haemonchus contortus in sheep

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 166, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 268-274

  Learmount, Jane ^a   Conyers, Chris ^a   Hird, Hez ^a   Morgan, Colin ^a   Craig, Barbara H ^a   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^a   Taylor, Mike ^a  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular diagnostics; Parasitic gastroenteritis; Real time PCR; Sheep

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP DISEASE; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 70449712580     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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