Application of quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis and enzootic abortion of ewes

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 846-854

  Gutierrez, Jorge ^a   O'Donovan, James ^b   Proctor, Aisling ^c   Brady, Colm ^d   Marques, Patricia X ^c   Worrall, Sheila ^c   Nally, Jarlath E ^c   McElroy, Maire ^d   Bassett, Hugh ^c   Fagan, John ^b   Maley, Stephen ^e   Buxton, David ^e   Sammin, Donal ^d   Markey, Bryan K ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^e MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila abortus; diagnosis; enzootic abortion of ewes; ovine abortion; real time polymerase chain reaction; Toxoplasma gondii; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VAGINA; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VAGINA;

EID: 84865251204     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712452730     Document Type: Article

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