| longitudinal prevalence, oocyst shedding and molecular characterisation of eimeria species in sheep across four states in australia. | the prevalence of eimeria in sheep in australia has not been well described, therefore a quantitative pcr (qpcr) was developed, validated and used to study the prevalence and oocyst concentration in lamb faecal samples at three sampling periods (weaning, post-weaning and pre-slaughter) from eight farms across south australia, new south wales, victoria and western australia. a total of 3412 faecal samples were collected from approximately 1182 lambs across the 4 states and screened for the presen ... | 2014 | 25033746 |