Generation, analysis and functional annotation of expressed sequence tags from the ectoparasitic mite Psoroptes ovis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sheep scab is caused by Psoroptes ovis and is arguably the most important ectoparasitic disease affecting sheep in the UK. The disease is highly contagious and causes and considerable pruritis and irritation and is therefore a major welfare concern. Current methods of treatment are unsustainable and in order to elucidate novel methods of disease control a more comprehensive understanding of the parasite is required. To date, no full genomic DNA sequence or large scale transcript datasets are available and prior to this study only 484 P. ovis expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were accessible in public databases.

Results

In order to further expand upon the transcriptomic coverage of P. ovis thus facilitating novel insights into the mite biology we undertook a larger sc

SUBMITTER: Burgess ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3154158 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature