Development and validation of a fecal PCR assay for Notoedres cati and application to notoedric mange cases in bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Northern California, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-311

  Stephenson, Nicole ^a   Clifford, Deana ^b,c   Worth, S Joy ^a   Serieys, Laurel E K ^d   Foley, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Felid; ITS 2; Mites; PCR; Scat; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; LYNX; MALE; MITE; MITE INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CALIFORNIA; DNA; FECES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACARI; ANTONIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; LYNX RUFUS; NOTOEDRES CATI; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84876023718     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/2012-05-136     Document Type: Article

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