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SUBMITTER: Nareaho A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5664804 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Näreaho Anu A Eriksson-Kallio Anna Maria AM Heikkinen Petra P Snellman Anna A Sukura Antti A Koski Perttu P
Acta veterinaria Scandinavica 20171101 1
The intention to increase roach (Rutilus rutilus) consumption is in focus for ecological and economic reasons in Finland. However, its safety as food has not been considered comprehensively. We collected and artificially digested 85 roach halves originating from the south-eastern coast of Finland, and found trematode metacercariae in 98.8% of the samples. Based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of amplicons generated from the ITS2 gene region, zoonotic parasites of the family Opi ...[more]