Comparative sensitivity of two tests for the diagnosis of multiple hemoparasite infection of cattle

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 117-127

  Figueroa, J V ^a   Alvarez, J A ^a   Canto, G J ^a   Ramos, J A ^a   Mosqueda, J J ^a   Buening, G M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UMC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BABESIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029736805     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53518.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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