Light microscopy diagnosis of Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina kinetes in the haemolymph of artificially infected Boophilus microplus engorged female ticks

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Guglielmone, A A ^a   Gaido, A B ^b   Mangold, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Boophilus microplus; Diagnosis protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; TICK;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030068672     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00813-6     Document Type: Article

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