Seroprevalence of Babesia bovis and Babesia begimina in cattle in the Soutpansberg region, Limpopo Province, South Africa, associated with changes in vector-tick populations

Journal of the South African Veterinary Association

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 61-65

  Tonnesen M H ^a,b   Penzhorn, Banie L ^a   Bryson, N R ^a   Stoltsz, W H ^a   Masibigiri, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Mattilsynet   (Norway)

^c State Veterinary Laboratory   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia bigemina; Babesia bovis; Endemic stability; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS BOVIS; BOS TAURUS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 33750681721     PISSN: 10199128     EISSN: 22249435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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