Hammondia triffittae n. comb. of foxes (Vulpes spp.): Biological and molecular characteristics and differentiation from Hammondia heydorni of dogs

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 303-321

  Gjerde, Bjørn ^a   Dahlgren, Stina S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

dogs; foxes; Hammondia heydorni; Key wordsHammondia triffittae; life cycle; molecular characterization

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GENOMIC DNA; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; FOX; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GOAT; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; HAMMONDIA TRIFFITTAE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA TRIFFITTAE; MOOSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; RABBIT; REINDEER; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FOXES; GOATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; REINDEER; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; ISOSPORA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RANGIFER TARANDUS; VULPES; VULPES LAGOPUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 79952897886     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010001265     Document Type: Article

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