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Genetic characterization of three unique operational taxonomic units of Eimeria from chickens in Australia based on nuclear spacer ribosomal DNA.
Veterinary parasitology - 15 Apr 2008
Cantacessi Cinzia, Riddell Shane, Morris Genevieve M, Doran Timothy, Woods Wayne G, Otranto Domenico, Gasser Robin B
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Coccidiosis of chickens is one of the commonest and economically most important parasitic diseases of poultry worldwide. Given the limitations of traditional approaches, molecular tools have been developed for the specific diagnosis of coccidiosis. Recently, a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based capillary electrophoresis (CE) method, employing genetic markers in the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) of...
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