An epidemiological survey of equine anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) in Southern France;Enquête épidémiologique sur l'anaplasmose équine (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) dans le Sud de la France

OIE Revue Scientifique et Technique

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 899-908

  Leblond, A ^a   Pradier, S ^b   Pitel, P H ^c   Fortier, G ^c   Boireau, P ^d   Chadoeuf, J ^e   Sabatier, P ^a  

^a VETAGRO SUP   (France)

^b ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^c Lab Departemental Frank Duncombe   (France)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia caballi; Epidemiology; France; Horse; Ixodes; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; AVES; BABESIA CABALLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HIRUNDINIDAE; IXODES; THEILERIA;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS;

EID: 33646000302     PISSN: 02531933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.20506/rst.24.3.1612     Document Type: Review

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