Occurrence of Babesia felis and Babesia leo in various wild felid species and domestic cats in Southern Africa, based on reverse line blot analysis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Bosman, A M ^a   Venter, E H ^a   Penzhorn, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Babesia felis; Babesia leo; Reverse line blot

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA FELIS; BABESIA LEO; CAT; CHEETAH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LION; NAMIBIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SWAZILAND; WILD TYPE;

ACINONYX; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FELIDAE; FEMALE; LIONS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BABESIA; BABESIA FELIS; BABESIA LEO; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 33846602782     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.09.025     Document Type: Article

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