Occurrence of Baylisascaris transfuga in wild populations of European brown bears (Ursus arctos) as identified by a new PCR method

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 272-276

  De Ambrogi, M ^a   Aghazadeh, M ^a   Hermosilla, C ^a   Huber, D ^b   Majnaric, D ^c   Reljic, S ^b   Elson Riggins, J ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Croatian Forests   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Baylisascaris transfuga; Brown bear; Flotation; PCR; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BAYLISASCARIS TRANSFUGA; BEAR; BROWN BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; HOST; LARVA MIGRANS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; URSUS ARCTOS; WILD ANIMAL; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; DNA, HELMINTH; EUROPE; GENOME, HELMINTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URSIDAE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BAYLISASCARIS; BAYLISASCARIS TRANSFUGA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 79957585497     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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