Development and validation of a range of endogenous controls to support the implementation of practical Taqman real-time PCR-based surveillance for fish diseases within aquaculture

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 447-454

  Bland, F ^a   Mcintosh, R ^a   Bain, N ^a   Snow, M ^a  

^a MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; Elongation factor 1 ; Fish diseases; QPCR

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; FISH DISEASE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DNA PRIMERS; FISH DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GADUS MORHUA; MELANOGRAMMUS; MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POLLACHIUS VIRENS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMO SALAR; SALMO TRUTTA; TRISOPTERUS ESMARKII;

EID: 84860667499     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: 13652761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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