An epidemiological study on ovine babesiosis in the Mashhad suburb area, province of Khorasan, Iran

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-115

  Razmi, G R ^a   Naghibi, A ^a   Aslani, M R ^a   Fathivand, M ^a   Dastjerdi, K ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Babesia motasi; Babesia ovis; Epidemiology; Sheep protozoa; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYMPH; INFECTION RATE; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM; HYALOMMA ASIATICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 0037056052     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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