Acquisition of resistance to the tick Amblyomma variegatum in Boran cattle, Bos indicus and the effects of Trypanosoma congolense and Babesia bigemina on host resistance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 317-330

  Dossa, S C ^a   Kaaya, G P ^b   Essuman, S ^b   Odulaja, A ^b   Assoku, R G K ^c  

^a Inst Natl Rech Agronom duBenin   (Benin)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Amblyomma variegatum; Babesia bigemina; Cattle Arthropoda; Resistance; Trypanosoma congolense

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; TICK; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE;

EID: 0029917030     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00875-6     Document Type: Article

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