Survey of Phortica drosophilid flies within and outside of a recently identified transmission area of the eye worm Thelazia callipaeda in Switzerland

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 58-67

  Roggero, C ^a   Schaffner, F ^a   Bachli G ^a   Mathis, A ^a   Schnyder, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abundance; Male female ratio; Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 gene.; Morphology; Netting; Phortica spp.; Thelazia callipaeda; Trapping

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DROSOPHILA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; EYE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PHORTICA DROSOPHILID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL; SWITZERLAND; THELAZIA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA; THELAZIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DROSOPHILIDAE; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; THELAZIOIDEA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DROSOPHILIDAE; PHORTICA; THELAZIA CALLIPAEDA;

EID: 77953611428     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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