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Enzyme variation in Eimeria species of the chicken

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

M. W. Shirley
M. W. Shirley
Affiliation:
Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs., England and Brunel University
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A method for the biochemical identification of protozoa belonging to the genus Eimeria is described for the first time. Starch gel electrophoresis of the enzymes lactate dehydrogenase, glucose phosphate isomerase, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from parasite extracts revealed both intra- and inter-species differences when 11 strains representative of 6 species of Eimeria were examined. Oocysts were the most accessible parasite stage for investigation but sporozoites and merozoites of an embryo-adapted strain of E. tenella were also examined for enzyme activity.

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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 71 , Issue 3 , December 1975 , pp. 369 - 376
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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