Detection of Cryptosporidium species in feces or gastric contents from snakes and lizards as determined by polymerase chain reaction analysis and partial sequencing of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 430-435

  Richter, Barbara ^a   Nedorost, Nora ^a   Maderner, Anton ^a   Weissenböck, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence; Reptiles; Sequences

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE; STOMACH JUICE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLUBRIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GASTRIC JUICE; GENOTYPE; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SNAKES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; FELIDAE; GEKKONIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79957681251     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711403415     Document Type: Article

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