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Characterizing parasitic nematode faunas in faeces and soil using DNA metabarcoding.

Marie Louise DaveyKjersti Selstad UtaakerFrode Fossøy
Published in: Parasites & vectors (2021)
DNA metabarcoding of bulk faeces samples is a non-invasive, time- and cost-effective method for assessing parasitic nematode populations that provides data with comparable taxonomic resolution to morphological methods that depend on parasitological investigations of dead animals. The successful detection of parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes from soils demonstrates the utility of this approach for mapping distribution and occurrences of the free-living stages of gastrointestinal parasitic nematodes.
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