Effect of passage of Babesia ovis in the gerbil (Acomys cahirinus) on the course of infection in splenectomized lambs

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 157-161

  Yeruham, I ^a   Hadani, A ^a,b   Galker, F ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acomys cahirinus; Babesia ovis; Rhipicephalus bursa; sheep Protozoa; splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERBIL; LAMB; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; SPLENECTOMY;

ACOMYS CAHIRINUS; BABESIA; BABESIA OVIS; GERBILLINAE; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030588157     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00934-5     Document Type: Article

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