Identification of Parelaphostrongylus odocollel (Nematoda: Protostrongylidae) First-stage larvae in the feces of gray wolves (canis lupus) by molecular methods

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 297-302

  Bryan, Heather M ^a,b   Sim, Kathrin A ^c   Darimont, Chris T ^b,d   Paquet, Paul C ^b,e   Wagner, Brent ^a   Muñozfuentes, Violeta ^f   Smits, Judit E ^a   Chilton, Nell B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Box 86   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidental parasite; Canis lupus; Dorsal spined nematode larvae; Gray wolf; Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei; PCR based methods; Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)

Indexed keywords

BOVIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; NEMATODA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS ODOCOILEI; PROTOSTRONGYLIDAE;

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRONGYLE INFECTION; WILD ANIMAL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; WOLVES;

EID: 77449119089     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.1.297     Document Type: Article

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