Host blood meal identification by multiplex polymerase chain reaction for dispersal evidence of stable flies (Diptera: Muscidae) between livestock facilities

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Pitzer, Jimmy B ^a   Kaufman, Phillip E ^a   Tenbroeck, Saundra H ^a   Maruniak, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

cattle; cytochrome b; horse; PCR; Stomoxys calcitrans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; HORSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCIDAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CATTLE; DOGS; FLORIDA; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; EQUIDAE; MUSCIDAE; STOMOXYS CALCITRANS;

EID: 79551640733     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME10123     Document Type: Article

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