Morphological and molecular studies on a nematode parasite, Syphacia obvelata, infecting laboratory mice (Mus musculus) in Saudi Arabia
O.B. Mohammed,
E.M. Al-Shaebi,
S.A. Omer
et al.
Abstract:During screening laboratory mice (Mus musculus) at the Zoology Department of the College of Science, King Saud University, some tiny oxyurid nematodes were detected from the large intestine of these rodents. Worms were identified using morphological and morphometric description. Furthermore, DNA was extracted from worms and subjected to polymerase chain reaction to amplify 18S rDNA and ITS (ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2) regions. Worms detected from caecum and colon of mice were detected in 80% of mice investigated. Mor… Show more
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