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Morphological and molecular characterization of an uninucleated cyst-producing Entamoeba spp. in captured Rangeland goats in Western Australia
Veterinary Parasitology, Vol.235, pp.41-46
2017
Abstract
Uninucleated Entamoeba cysts measuring 7.3 × 7.7 μm were detected in faecal samples collected from wild Rangeland goats (Capra hircus) after arrival at a commercial goat depot near Geraldton, Western Australia at a prevalence of 6.4% (8/125). Sequences were obtained at the 18S rRNA (n = 8) and actin (n = 5) loci following PCR amplification. At the 18S locus, phylogenetic analysis grouped the isolates closest with an E. bovis isolate (FN666250) from a sheep from Sweden with 99% similarity. At the actin locus, no E. bovis sequences were available, and the isolates shared 94.0% genetic similarity with E. suis from a pig in Western Japan. This is the first report to describe the morphology and molecular characterisation of Entamoeba from Rangeland goats in Western Australia and the first study to produce actin sequences from E. bovis-like Entamoeba sp.
Details
- Title
- Morphological and molecular characterization of an uninucleated cyst-producing Entamoeba spp. in captured Rangeland goats in Western Australia
- Authors/Creators
- K. Al-Habsi (Author/Creator)R. Yang (Author/Creator)U. Ryan (Author/Creator)C. Jacobson (Author/Creator)D.W. Miller (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Veterinary Parasitology, Vol.235, pp.41-46
- Publisher
- Elsevier B.V.
- Identifiers
- 991005543426507891
- Copyright
- © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Veterinary and Life Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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