Next-Generation Molecular-Diagnostic Tools for Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Livestock, with an Emphasis on Small Ruminants. A Turning Point?

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 267-333

  Roeber, Florian ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Diagnosis; Livestock; Molecular biology; Parasitic nematodes

Indexed keywords

AMINOACETONITRILE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; GASTRIN; MILBEMYCIN DERIVATIVE; PEPSINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CLIMATE; DNA ISOLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HIGH RESOLUTION MELTING ANALYSIS; INTESTINE FLORA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIVESTOCK; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; OSTERTAGIA; PARASITISM; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STRONGYLIDA; TELADORSAGIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; VACCINATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84880410111     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407705-8.00004-5     Document Type: Chapter

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