A parasitological, molecular and serological survey of Hepatozoon canis infection in dogs around the Aegean coast of Turkey

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Karagenc, Tulin Ilhan ^a   Pasa, Serdar ^a   Kirli, Gulcan ^a   Hosgor, Murat ^a   Bilgic, Huseyin Bilgin ^a   Ozon, Yavuz Hakan ^b   Atasoy, Abidin ^a   Eren, Hasan ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b German Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood smear parasitology; Dogs; Gene sequence specification; Hepatozoon canis prevalence; IFAT; PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; DOG; EXPOSURE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATOZOON CANIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EUCOCCIDIIDA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TURKEY;

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 29344451683     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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