Detection of DNA of Histomonas meleagridis and Tetratrichomonas gallinarum in German poultry flocks between 2004 and 2008

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1021-1025

  Hauck, Rüdiger ^a   Balczulat, Stefanie ^a   Hafez, Hafez M ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

environment; epidemiology; Histomonas meleagridis; protozoa; Tetratrichomonas gallinarum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GALLIFORMES; GENETICS; GERMANY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRICHOMONADIDA; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GALLIFORMES; GERMANY; POULTRY DISEASES; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRICHOMONADIDA;

HISTOMONAS MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA; TETRATRICHOMONAS GALLINARUM;

EID: 77956986720     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9261-012910-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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