Genetic evidence for hybridisation between Haemonchus contortus and Haemonchus placei in natural field populations and its implications for interspecies transmission of anthelmintic resistance

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 149-159

  Chaudhry, Umer ^a   Redman, Elizabeth M ^a   Abbas, Muhammad ^b,c   Muthusamy, Raman ^d   Ashraf, Kamran ^e   Gilleard, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Veterinary Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^c Livestock and Dairy Department   (Pakistan)

^d MADRAS VETERINARY COLLEGE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anthelmintic resistance; Co infection; Haemonchus contortus; Haemonchus placei; Hybridisation; Introgression; Mecistocirrus

Indexed keywords

BENZIMIDAZOLE; BETA TUBULIN; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ALLELE; GENOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; NEMATODE; PARASITE;

ALLELE; ANTHELMINTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIA; INTROGRESSION; LIVESTOCK; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HAEMONCHUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; RUMINANT;

BOS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; HAEMONCHUS PLACEI; MECISTOCIRRUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; HAEMONCHUS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAKISTAN; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84925018130     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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