Molecular detection of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) from Tom Green County in central Texas

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 177, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 298-304

  Holman, Patricia J ^a   Carroll, Juliette E ^a,b   Pugh, Roberta ^a   Davis, Donald S ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

18S ribosomal RNA gene; Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Intervening transcribed spacer; PCR; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

18S RIBOSOMAL RNA GENE; 5.8S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; THEILERIA; TICK; UNITED STATES; WHITE TAILED DEER;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER STATE; DEER; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TEXAS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; IXODIDA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; THEILERIA;

EID: 79954606443     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.11.052     Document Type: Article

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