Some epizootiological and clinical aspects of ovine babesiosis caused by Babesia ovis - A review

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 153-163

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

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Babesia ovis; Rhipicephalus bursa; Seasonal dynamics; Sheep Protozoa

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMIDITY; INFESTATION; KIDNEY INFECTION; LAMB; LARVA; LIVER DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; SPLENECTOMY; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

EID: 0032583765     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(97)00143-X     Document Type: Article

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