Epidemiological Survey of Babesia gibsoni infection in dogs in eastern Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 467-471

  Miyama, Takako ^a   Sakata, Yoshimi ^b   Shimada, Yojiro ^c   Ogino, Shoji ^c   Watanabe, Malaika ^a   Itamoto, Kazuhito ^a   Okuda, Masaru ^a   Verdida, Rodolfo A ^d   Xuan, Xuenan ^d   Nagasawa, Hideyuki ^d   Inokuma, Hisashi ^a,d  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c ZENYAKU KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^d OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Babesia gibsoni; Eastern Japan; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Hemoplasma; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; JAPAN; MALE;

EID: 20844433578     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.67.467     Document Type: Article

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