Trypanosomiasis by Trypanosoma vivax in cattle in the Brazilian semiarid: Description of an outbreak and lesions in the nervous system

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-181

  Batista, J S ^a   Riet Correa, F ^b   Teixeira, M M G ^c   Madruga, C R ^d   Simoes S D V ^b   Maia, T F ^e  

^a Esc Sup de Agric de Mossoro   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cattle; Encephalomyelitis; Epidemiology; Malacia; Nervous system; Semiarid; Trypanosoma vivax; Trypanosomiasis

Indexed keywords

DIMINAZENE ACETURATE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BRAZIL; CATTLE DISEASE; CONVALESCENCE; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOASSAY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NONHUMAN; RELAPSE; SEMIARID CLIMATE; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BRAIN; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DIMINAZENE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; TRYPANOCIDAL AGENTS; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; TABANUS VIVAX; TRYPANOSOMA VIVAX;

EID: 33845796088     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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