PCR-based detection of the transovarial transmission of Uruguayan Babesia bovis and Babesia bigemina vaccine strains

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-204

  Gayo, V ^a   Romito, M ^b   Nel, L H ^c   Solari, M A ^a   Viljoen, G J ^b  

^a DILAVE   (Uruguay)

^b ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Boophilus microplus; Bovine babesiosis; PCR; Tick transovarial transmission; Uruguayan vaccine strains

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITE VIRULENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; TICK;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOVINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0242298272     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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