Trypanosoma melophagium from the sheep ked Melophagus ovinus on the island of St Kilda

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1799-1804

  Gibson, W ^a   Pilkington, J G ^b   Pemberton, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melophagus ovinus; sheep ked; Soay sheep; St Kilda; Trypanosoma melophagium; Trypanosoma theileri

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTESTINE FLORA; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA MELOPHAGIUM; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

HIPPOBOSCIDAE; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI;

EID: 78650511423     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000752     Document Type: Article

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