A sero-epidemiological survey of equine piroplasmosis in the Northern and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 204-208

  Gummow, B ^a   De Wet, C S ^a   De Waal, D T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; Cape Province; Epidemiology; Equine; Horses; Prevalence; South Africa; Survey; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE; HYALOMMA TRUNCATUM; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS EVERTSI EVERTSI;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; PIGMENTATION; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; TICKS;

EID: 0030321103     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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