Co-infection of Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus spp. among livestock in Malaysia as revealed by amplification and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer II DNA region

BMC Veterinary Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tan, Tiong K ^a   Panchadcharam, Chandrawathani ^b   Low, Van L ^c   Lee, Soo C ^a   Ngui, Romano ^a   Sharma, Reuben S K ^d   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Co infection; Haemonchus contortus; Infection rate; Livestock; Second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA; Strongylid; Trichostrongylus

Indexed keywords

BOS; BOVIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; STRONGYLIDA; SUIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS COLUBRIFORMIS;

HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETICS; HAEMONCHOSIS; HAEMONCHUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVESTOCK; MALAYSIA; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

ANIMALS; COINFECTION; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; HAEMONCHIASIS; HAEMONCHUS; LIVESTOCK; MALAYSIA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

EID: 84893663705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17466148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-38     Document Type: Article

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