Reproductive biology of Onchocerca ochengi, a nodule forming filarial nematode in zebu cattle

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 318-329

  Hildebrandt, Julia C ^a   Eisenbarth, Albert ^b,c   Renz, Alfons ^b,c   Streit, Adrian ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Programme Onchocercoses Field Station of the University of Tübingen   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Bovine parasite; Filarial nematode; Genetic diversity; Onchocerca ochengi; Onchocerca sp. Siisa; Reproductive biology

Indexed keywords

ADULT WORM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BOS INDICUS; BREEDING; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYBRID; INTERBREEDING; MALE; MICROFILARIA (NEMATODE LARVA); MITOCHONDRIAL CLADE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATODE REPRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PHYLOGENY; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN NODULE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VETERINARY;

BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOVINAE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCA OCHENGI; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; INBREEDING; LARVA; MALE; MICROFILARIAE; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84906938745     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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