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Table 1 Oligonucleotide probes used in the Luminex suspension array for the detection and species identification of ovine piroplasms

From: Assessment of exposure to piroplasms in sheep grazing in communal mountain pastures by using a multiplex DNA bead-based suspension array

Probe

Sequence (5’- 3’)

Size (bp)

nmol

References

Catch-all TB

TAATGGTTAATAGGA(A/G)C(A/G)GTTG

22

1

[11]

Babesia ovis

CGCGGCCTTTGCGTTACTTT

20

0.5

This work

Babesia motasi

TCCGTTATTGGAGTATTGCG

20

0.5

This work

Theileria ovis

TTTTGCTCCTTTACGAGTCTTTGC

24

0.5

[1]

Theileria luwenshuni/OT1

ATCTTCTTTTTGATGAGTTGGTGT

24

0.5

[1]

Theileria sp. OT3

ATTTTCTCTTTTTATATGAGTTTT

23

0.5

[1]

Theileria annulata / lestoquardi

GGGTCTGTGCATGTGGCTTTT

20

0.5

[8]

IAC

GCATCGGTTACAAGAACGCA

20

0.5

[8]

  1. Catch-all TB, Theileria-Babesia conserved probe; IAC, internal amplification control.