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Table 1 Specificity of multiplex assays evaluated with gDNA of adult nematodes, expressed by Cq values

From: The identification and semi-quantitative assessment of gastrointestinal nematodes in faecal samples using multiplex real-time PCR assays

DNA template

Detection system

Multiplex1

Multiplex2

Haemonchus

Teladorsagia

Trichostrongylus

Nematodirus

Ashworthius

Chabertia

Haemonchus contortus

23.51

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

Teladorsagia circumcincta

nd

25.54

nd

34.73a

nd

nd

Trichostrongylus colubriformis

nd

nd

24.05

nd

nd

nd

Nematodirus battus

nd

nd

nd

26.23

nd

nd

Ashworthius sidemi

nd

nd

nd

nd

27.07

nd

Chabertia ovina

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

25.18

Cooperia curticei

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

Cooperia pectinata

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

Oesophagostomum columbianum

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

nd

  1. aCq value that corresponds to nonspecific amplification. Abbreviation: nd, no DNA was amplified