On the high seroprevalence of bovine babesiosis in wynad district of kerala

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-48

  Ravindran, R ^a   Mishra, A K ^a   Rao, J R ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Cattle; Indirect fluorescent antibody test; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE;

EID: 0036409321     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2002.9706377     Document Type: Article

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