Seroprevalence of Babesia ovis in Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) in Catalonia, northeastern Spain

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 93-98

  Ferrer, David ^a   Castellà, Joaquim ^a   Gutiérrez, Juan F ^a   Lavín, Santiago ^a   Marco, Ignasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Babesia ovis; Capra pyrenaica; Epidemiology protozoa; Ibex; IFAT; Serology; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BOVIDS; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; SPAIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RABBITS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHEEP; SPAIN;

EID: 0032574130     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00199-4     Document Type: Article

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