Genomic analysis of eimeria spp. populations in relation to performance levels of broiler chicken farms in Arkansas and North Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 871-880

  Schwarz, Ryan S ^a   Jenkins, Mark C ^a   Klopp, Spangler ^a,b   Miska, Katarzyna B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Townsends Poultry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RNA 18S; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

DISEASE SEVERITY; FARM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLE PREPARATION;

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIMERIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY FARMING; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GENETICS; GENOMICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARKANSAS; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EIMERIA; EIMERIA BRUNETTI; EIMERIA MAXIMA; EIMERIA MITIS; EIMERIA MIVATI;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARKANSAS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EIMERIA; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH CAROLINA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73949119102     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1898.1     Document Type: Article

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