DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIES-SPECIFIC POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR), REAL-TIME PCR AND LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF ANAPLASMA MARGINALE STRAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Anaplasma marginale is a virulent intra-erythrocytic pathogen that causes bovine anaplasmosis, its closely related species, Anaplasma centrale causes mild sickness. The pathogen is transmitted biologically by tick vectors and mechanically through blood contaminated fomites. It has a worldwide distri...
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University of the Free State
2014
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| Online Access: | http://etd.uovs.ac.za//theses/available/etd-04102014-160801/restricted/ |