Sarcocystis sinensis is the most prevalent thick-walled Sarcocystis species in beef on sale for consumers in Germany

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2223-2230

  More G ^a,b,g   Pantchev, A ^c,d   Skuballa, J ^e   Langenmayer, M C ^f   Maksimov, P ^g   Conraths, F J ^g   Venturini, M C ^a   Schares, G ^g  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Chemisches und Veterinaruntersuchungsamt Stuttgart   (Germany)

^d Amt für Öffentliche Ordnung Lebensmittelüberwachung Verbraucherschutz Veterinärwesen ^*  (Germany)

^e Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beef; Cattle; Electron microscopy; Multiplex real time PCR; Sarcocystis spp.; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BEEF; CONSUMER; CYST (RESTING STAGE); GENE SEQUENCE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINENSIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOS; CANIDAE; FELIDAE; PRIMATES; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS CRUZI; SARCOCYSTIS HIRSUTA; SARCOCYSTIS HOMINIS; SARCOCYSTIS SINENSIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GERMANY; MEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 84903819510     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3877-x     Document Type: Article

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