The geographic distribution of the putative agent of epizootic bovine abortion in the tick vector, Ornithodoros coriaceus

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 327-333

  Teglas, Mike B ^a   Drazenovich, Nicole L ^a   Stott, Jeff ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Foothill abortion; Ornithodoros coriaceus; Tick borne disease; Vector

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

ABORTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYXOCOCCALES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; BOS TAURUS; IXODIDA; MYXOCOCCALES; ORNITHODOROS CORIACEUS;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MYXOCOCCALES; ORNITHODOROS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 33750726986     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.027     Document Type: Article

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