Seroprevalence of canine babesiosis in Hungary suggesting breed predisposition

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 638-642

  Hornok, Sándor ^a   Edelhofer, R ^b   Farkas, R ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUNGARY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; TICK;

BABESIA CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33749439897     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0218-8     Document Type: Article

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