Real-time PCR detection for quantification of infection levels with Ostertagia ostertagi and Cooperia oncophora in cattle faeces

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 251-257

  Hoglund J ^a   Engstrom A ^a   von Samson Himmelstjerna, G ^b   Demeler, J ^b   Tyden E ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Diagnosis; Eggs; Gastrointestinal nematoda; Hydrolysis probes; Strongylid; Third stage larvae

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTERTAGIASIS; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIRD STAGE LARVA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; WORM EGG;

BOS; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA OSTERTAGI; STRONGYLIDA;

ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE; DIAGNOSIS; EGGS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODA; HYDROLYSIS PROBES; STRONGYLID; THIRD STAGE LARVAE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; OSTERTAGIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRONGYLIDA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84883220166     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.04.044     Document Type: Article

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