A longitudinal study of sero-conversion to tick-borne pathogens in smallholder dairy youngstock in Tanzania

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 129-137

  Swai, E S ^a   French, N P ^b   Beauchamp, G ^c   Fitzpatrick, J L ^d   Bryant, M J ^e   Kambarage, D ^f   Ogden, N H ^c  

^a Tanga Dairy Development Programme   (Tanzania)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Anaplasma; Babesia; Sero conversion; Sero prevalence; Tanzania; Theileria; Tick borne pathogens

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEROPREVALENCE; TANZANIA; THEILERIA MUTANS; THEILERIA PARVA;

AGE FACTORS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BABESIA BOVIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; TANZANIA; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 20444362008     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.027     Document Type: Article

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