Phylogenetic position of small-ruminant infecting piroplasms

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1081, Issue , 2006, Pages 498-504

  Ahmed, Jabbar S ^a   Luo, Jianxun ^b   Schnittger, Leonhard ^a   Seitzer, Ulrike ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^c,d   Yin, Hong ^b  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute   (China)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia; Phylogenetics; Piroplasms; Small ruminants; Theileria

Indexed keywords

BABESIA; BABESIA CRASSA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; BOVIDS; CHINA; COCCIDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GOAT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; TAXONOMY; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA SEPARATA; THEILERIIDAE;

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA CRASSA; BABESIA MOTASI; BABESIA OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA LESTOQUARDI; THEILERIA OVIS; THEILERIA SEPARATA; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 33845718914     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1373.074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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