In vitro isolation of equine piroplasms derived from Cape Mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) in South Africa

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 197-200

  Zweygarth, E ^a   Lopez Rebollar, Laura M ^a   Meyer, P ^a  

^a ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; Cape Mountain zebra; Equine piroplasmosis; Equus zebra zebra; In vitro cultivation; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HETEROZYGOTE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; THEILERIA;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; DAMALISCUS PYGARGUS DORCAS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; EQUUS ZEBRA; EQUUS ZEBRA ZEBRA; THEILERIA;

EID: 0036754250     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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