Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (QPCR) to identify Myxobolus cerebralis in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 205-213

  Cavender, Wade P ^a   Wood, John S ^b   Powell, Madison S ^c   Overturf, Kenneth ^c   Cain, Kenneth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Pisces Molecular   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Histopathology; Hsp 70; Myxobolus cerebralis; Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

HISTOPATHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYXOBOLUS; MYXOBOLUS CEREBRALIS; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TRIACTINOMYXON;

EID: 9944264629     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao060205     Document Type: Article

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