Babesia spp. infection in Boophilus microplus engorged females and eggs in São Paulo State, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 61-67

  Oliveira, M C S ^a   Oliveira Sequeira, T C G ^b   Araujo Jr , J P ^b   Amarante, A F T ^b   Oliveira, H N ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Boophilus microplus; Cattle; Infection rates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; COW; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HATCHING; HEMOLYMPH; HOST; MEROZOITE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TICK; TISSUE SECTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; IXODIDAE; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS BOVIS; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; CUCURBITA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 18844430571     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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