Molecular confirmation of Trichomonas gallinae and other parabasalids from Brazil using the 5.8S and ITS-1 rRNA regions

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 36-42

  Ecco, Roselene ^a   Preis, Ingred S ^a   Vilela, Daniel A R ^a   Luppi, Marcela M ^b   Malta, Marcelo C C ^b   Beckstead, Robert B ^c   Stimmelmayer, Raphaela ^d   Gerhold, Richard W ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Zoo Botanica de Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian diseases; Brazil; Parabasalids; Simplicomonas; Trichomonas gallinae; Trichomonosis

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASOPHIL; BIRD DISEASE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERSALIVATION; LETHARGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARABASALIA; PHARYNGITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMATITIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; TRITRICHOMONAS; TRITRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARABASALIDEA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRIGIFORMES; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ASIO; AVES; CLAMATOR; FALCO SPARVERIUS; PARABASALIDEA; RAMPHASTOS TOCO; SALTATOR; SALTATOR SIMILIS; STRIGIFORMES; TRICHOMONADIDA; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS GALLINAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 84867140267     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.05.029     Document Type: Article

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