Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) melophagium in the sheep ked Melophagus ovinus from organic farms in Croatia: Phylogenetic inferences support restriction to sheep and sheep keds and close relationship with trypanosomes from other ruminant species

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-144

  Martinković, Franjo ^a   Matanović, Krešimir ^a   Rodrigues, Adriana C ^b   Garcia, Herakles A ^b,c   Teixeira, Marta M G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

artiodactyls; Evolution; host specificity; molecular taxonomy; morphology; phylogeny; Trypanosoma theileri

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

CATTLE; DEER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ECTOPARASITE; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST SPECIFICITY; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC FARMING; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN; RELATEDNESS; STOMACH CONTENT; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROATIA; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGANIC FARMING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CATTLE; CROATIA; DEER; DIPTERA; HOST SPECIFICITY; INSECT VECTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

CROATIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTIODACTYLA; BOS; BOVIDAE; CERVIDAE; DIPTERA; HIPPOBOSCIDAE; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA THEILERI;

EID: 84858701761     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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