Identification of bovine Neospora parasites by PCR amplification and specific small-subunit rRNA sequence probe hybridization

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1203-1208

  Michael, S Y H O ^a   Barr, Bradd C ^a   Marsh, Antoinette E ^a   Anderson, Mark L ^a   Rowe, Joan D ^a   Tarantal, Alice F ^b   Hendrickx, Andrew G ^b   Sverlow, Karen ^a   Dubey, J P ^c   Conrad, Patricia A ^a,d  

^a Department of Pathology ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ABORTION; AMNION FLUID; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA PROBE; EIMERIA; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EID: 9244251522     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.5.1203-1208.1996     Document Type: Article

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