Journal article
Assessment of the genetic relationship between Dictyocaulus species from Bos taurus and Cervus elaphus using complete mitochondrial genomic datasets
RB Gasser, A Jabbar, N Mohandas, J Höglund, RS Hall, DTJ Littlewood, AR Jex
Parasites and Vectors | Published : 2012
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Abstract
Background: Dictyocaulus species are strongylid nematodes of major veterinary significance in ruminants, such as cattle and cervids, and cause serious bronchitis or pneumonia (dictyocaulosis or husk). There has been ongoing controversy surrounding the validity of some Dictyocaulus species and their host specificity. Here, we sequenced and characterized the mitochondrial (mt) genomes of Dictyocaulus viviparus (from Bos taurus) with Dictyocaulus sp. cf. eckerti from red deer (Cervus elaphus), used mt datasets to assess the genetic relationship between these and related parasites, and predicted markers for future population genetic or molecular epidemiological studies. Methods. The mt genomes w..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The present study was supported by ARC grant LP100100091 (to RBG, ARJ and DTJL). The Early Career Researcher (ECR) grant (to AJ) from The University of Melbourne is gratefully acknowledged. Current research in the Gasser Lab is funded mainly by the Australian Research Council (ARC), the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Melbourne Water Corporation. The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) is also acknowledged (JH). Thanks to Marion Johnson (Mosgiel, New Zealand) for originally providing lungworm specimens used in a previous study [10] and to Brendan Ansell for collecting some references.