Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method

Molecular identification of four Sarcocystis species in cattle from Lithuania, including S. hominis, and development of a rapid molecular detection method

Abstract Background Six Sarcocystis species are known to use cattle (Bos taurus) as the intermediate host, two of which, S. hominis and S. heydorni, are zoonotic. There is a need for a method that will enable rapid identification of the Sarcocystis species in cattle. Methods The diaphragm muscles of...

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Main Authors: Petras Prakas, Živilė Strazdaitė-Žielienė, Vytautas Januškevičius, Francesco Chiesa, Agnė Baranauskaitė, Eglė Rudaitytė-Lukošienė, Elena Servienė, Saulius Petkevičius, Dalius Butkauskas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Cattle
Sarcocystis hominis
Trypsin digestion
Molecular identification
cox1
18S rRNA gene
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04473-9

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