Serosurvey of antiBabesia antibodies in stray dogs and American pit bull terriers and American Staffordshire terriers from North Carolina

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 551-557

  Birkenheuer, Adam J ^a   Levy, Michael G ^a   Stebbins, Martha ^a   Poore, Matthew ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROZOON; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTOZOA; SPOROZOA;

EID: 13644259204     PISSN: 15473317     EISSN: 15473317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0390551     Document Type: Article

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