Differential Bos taurus cattle response to Babesia bovis infection

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 54-64

  Benavides, Magda Vieira ^a   Sacco, Ana Maria Sastre ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Bos taurus; Challenge; Primary response; Resistance to babesiosis; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; HEMATOCRIT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITEMIA; PHENOTYPE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA;

EID: 35648957111     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.022     Document Type: Article

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