Bovine borreliosis in Botswana

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 221-223

  Sharma, S P ^a   Amanfu, W ^a   Losho, T C ^a  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Borrelia theileri; Cattle blood; Theileria mutans

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BORRELIA THEILERI; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; SPIROCHAETES; THEILERIA MUTANS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BORRELIA INFECTION; BOTSWANA; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; BOTSWANA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE VECTORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; MALE; OXYTETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0034257649     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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