New ruminant hosts and wider geographic range identified for Babesia odocoilei (Emerson and Wright 1970)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Schoelkopf, Lorien ^a   Hutchinson, Charles E ^b   Bendele, Kylie G ^a   Goff, Will L ^c   Willette, Michelle ^d   Rasmussen, James M ^d   Holman, Patricia J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cardigan Veterinary Clinic   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Minnesota Zoological Garden   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia odocoilei; Babesiosis; Bovidae; Cervidae; Desert bighorn sheep; Musk ox; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; BOS; BOVIDAE; BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS CANADENSIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; OVIBOS MOSCHATUS; OVIS ARIES; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS TARANDUS;

EID: 33144469461     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.683     Document Type: Article

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