First molecular detection of Neospora caninum in European brown bear (Ursus arctos)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 346-349

  Cobadiova A ^a   Vichova B ^a   Majlathova V ^a   Reiterova K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Neospora caninum; PCR; Sequencing; Slovakia; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; LIVER; MUSCLE; NC 5 GENE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SLOVAKIA; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; URSUS ARCTOS;

BROWN BEAR; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PCR; SEQUENCING; SLOVAKIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

ANIMALS; COCCIDIOSIS; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEOSPORA; SLOVAKIA; SPLEEN; URSIDAE;

EID: 84883231059     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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