Variation in the ITS-1 and ITS-2 rRNA genomic regions of Cytauxzoon felis from bobcats and pumas in the eastern United States and comparison with sequences from domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Shock, Barbara C ^a   Birkenheuer, Adam J ^b   Patton, Laura L ^c   Olfenbuttel, Colleen ^d   Beringer, Jeff ^e   Grove, Daniel M ^f   Peek, Matt ^g   Butfiloski, Joseph W ^h   Hughes, Daymond W ⁱ   Lockhart, J Mitchell ^j   Cunningham, Mark W ^k   Brown, Holly M ^a   Peterson, David S ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^d North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission   (United States)

^e MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^f North Dakota Game and Fish Department   (United States)

^g Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^h SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

ⁱ UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^j VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Bobcat; Cytauxzoon; Florida puma; Genetic variability; Internal transcribed spacer unit; rRNA

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FELIS RUFUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOON; PUMA; RNA SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LYNX; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIROPLASMIDA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; PUMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CYTAUXZOON; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; IXODIDA; LYNX RUFUS; PROTOZOA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84867140026     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.06.010     Document Type: Article

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