Confirmation of occurrence of Babesia canis vogeli in domestic dogs in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Matjila, P T ^a,b   Penzhorn, B L ^a   Bekker, C P J ^b   Nijhof, A M ^a,b   Jongejan, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Babesia canis vogeli; Dog; Prevalence; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SOUTH AFRICA;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS ROSSI; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 2942616882     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.019     Document Type: Article

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