Some quantitative aspects of natural babesial infection in the haemolymph of Boophilus microplus engorged female ticks

Parasite

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 337-341

  Guglielmone, A A ^a   Gaido, A B ^b   Aguirre, D H ^c   Cafrune, M M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Boophilus microplus; Haemolymph infection; Quantitative aspects

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; TICKS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031311981     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/1997044337     Document Type: Article

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