A serological study of Babesia caballi and Theileria equi in Thoroughbreds in Trinidad

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 167-171

  Asgarali, Zinora ^a   Coombs, Dane K ^a   Mohammed, Fatima ^a   Campbell, Mervyn D ^a   Caesar, Ernest ^a  

^a Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Antibody; Babesia caballi; Immunofluorescent antibody test; Piroplasmosis; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD STAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HORSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROLOGY; THEILERIA; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 33846586026     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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