Laboratory and field investigations into the Theileria parva carrier-state in cattle in Zimbabwe

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-208

  Latif, A A ^c   Hove, T ^a   Kanhai, G K ^b   Masaka, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Veterinary Research Laboratory Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Carrier state; Cattle; Epidemiology; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BLOOD; CATTLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALIVARY GLAND; SEASON; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEASONS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0035460835     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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