A field evaluation of PCR for the routine detection of Babesia equi in horses

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Rampersad, Joanne ^a   Cesar, Ernest ^a   Campbell, Mervin D ^a   Samlal, Michael ^a   Ammons, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Babesia equi; Diagnosis; Nested polymerase chain reaction; PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GIEMSA STAIN; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSCOPE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA CABALLI; BABESIA EQUI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 0038012707     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00129-8     Document Type: Article

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