A descriptive epidemiological study on canine babesiosis in the Lake Geneva region;Etude épidémiologique descriptive de la Babésiose canine dans la Région Lémanique

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 149, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 457-465

  Porchet, M J ^a   Sager, H ^a   Muggli, L ^a   Oppliger, A ^a   Muller N ^a   Frey, C ^a   Gottstein, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Dermacentor; Dog; PCR; Rhipicephalus

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DERMACENTOR; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; IXODES; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DERMACENTOR; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; IXODES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; SWITZERLAND;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 35448933745     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.149.10.457     Document Type: Article

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