Naturally acquired babesiosis in a reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) herd in Great Britain

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 194-198

  Langton, C ^a   Gray, J S ^b   Waters, P F ^c   Holman, P J ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DEATH; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GIEMSA STAIN; HERD; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINDEER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BABESIA SP.; BOVINAE; GERBILLINAE; PROTOZOA; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 0037322323     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0737-x     Document Type: Article

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