Veterinary Record · 2000 · 15 citations · 6 references
Veterinary MedicineVeterinary MicrobiologyVeterinary ParasitologyDiagnostic MicrobiologyParasitologyVeterinary Parasitic DiseasesMolecular Diagnosis Of ParasitesParasitic Disease DiagnosisParasitic Disease PathogenesisParasitic DiseasesParasitic ZoonosesRuminant ParasitologyAmplificationMolecular Detection Of ParasitesMolecular Diagnosis Of NematodesMolecular Parasite DetectionParasite Cyst DetectionParasitic DiagnosticsPolymerase Chain Reaction DetectionVeterinary Parasitology Diagnostics
Between February 18, 1995, and July 1, 1996, 38 cysts derived from New Zealand cattle were subjected to a diagnostic polymerase chain reaction (PCR) designed to identify genomic Taenia saginata DNA. No Tsaginata DNA was identified but an amplification product of 1078 bp was obtained consistently from several of the cysts. In Switzerland, suspect Tsaginata cysts are commonly positive for Tsaginata by PCR, but recently three cysts have also given a PCR fragment of 1078 bp, originating from a putatively unknown Taenia species.
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