An outbreak of abortions and high neonatal mortality associated with Trypanosoma evansi infection in dromedary camels in the Canary Islands

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 163-168

  Gutierrez, C ^a   Corbera, J A ^a   Juste, M C ^a   Doreste, F ^a   Morales, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abortion; Camel; Neonatal mortality; Trypanosoma evansi

Indexed keywords

ANTITRYPANOSOMAL AGENT; MELARSAMINE;

ARTICLE; CAMEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERADICATION THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTEINURIA; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI; UREA CYCLE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARSENICALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; CAMELS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA EVANSI;

EID: 18844403622     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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