Serological survey of Babesia bovis and Anaplasma marginale in cattle in Tete Province, Mozambique

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-131

  Alfredo, A A N ^a   Jonsson, N N ^a   Finch, T M ^a   Neves, L ^b   Molloy, J B ^c   Jorgensen, W K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anaplasma marginale; Babesia bovis; Cattle; Mozambique; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; INSECTA;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INSECT CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOZAMBIQUE; PARASITOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOZAMBIQUE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TICK CONTROL;

EID: 14944354143     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TROP.0000048513.80797.97     Document Type: Review

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