A possible new piroplasm in lions from the Republic of South Africa

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 82-85

  Lopez Rebollar, L M ^a   Penzhorn, B L ^b   De Waal, D T ^a   Lewis, B D ^b  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia sp.; Lion; New species; Panthera leo

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA FELIS; BABESIA SP.; CYTAUXZOON FELIS; FELIDAE; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; PANTHERA LEO;

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; CAT; CLASSIFICATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CARNIVORA; CATS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; LIONS; PARASITEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032618013     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.1.82     Document Type: Article

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