Feline babesiosis in South Africa: A review

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1026, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-186

  Penzhorn, Banie L ^a   Schoeman, Tanya ^a   Jacobson, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia felis; Cats; Feline babesiosis; Immune mediated hemolytic anemia; Primaquine phosphate; Regenerative anemia; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; BILIRUBIN; CEFALORIDINE; COTRIMAZINE; PRIMAQUINE; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ANOREXIA; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CAT; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETHARGY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA FELIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; ICTERUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA HAEMOFELIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10444230517     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1307.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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