A review of the small canine piroplasms from California: Babesia conradae in the literature

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 112-117

  Kjemtrup, Anne M ^a   Conrad, Patricia A ^b  

^a Vector Borne Disease Section   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Babesia conradae; Canine; Piroplasms

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CONRADAE; BABESIA GIBSONI; BABESIOSIS; CROSS REACTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENESIS; SEROLOGY; SPOROZOON; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CALIFORNIA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA GIBSONI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; SPOROZOA;

EID: 33646478983     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.01.045     Document Type: Article

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