The influence of temperature and simulated transport conditions of diagnostic samples on real-time polymerase chain reaction for the detection of tritrichomonas foetus DNA

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 982-985

  Clavijo, Alfonso ^a   Erol, Erdal ^a   Sneed, Loyd ^a   Sun, Feng ^a   Swinford, Amy ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction; trichomoniasis; Tritrichomonas foetus

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

BOS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 84857127822     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638711417143     Document Type: Article

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