Epidemiological survey and molecular characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in cattle in an endemic area of eastern Turkey

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 172, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 347-349

  Simsek, Sami ^a   Balkaya, Ibrahim ^b   Koroglu, Ergun ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cattle; Echinococcus granulosus; Genotype; PCR; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RNA 12S;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; TURKEY;

BOS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77956009759     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.016     Document Type: Article

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