Repeated high dose imidocarb dipropionate treatment did not eliminate Babesia caballi from naturally infected horses as determined by PCR-reverse line blot hybridization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 320-322

  Butler, C M ^a   Nijhof, A M ^a   van der Kolk, J H ^a   de Haseth, O B ^c   Taoufik, A ^a   Jongejan, F ^a,d   Houwers, D J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^c Veterinary Services   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Horse; Imidocarb treatment; PCR RLB; Piroplasmosis

Indexed keywords

IMIDOCARB DIPROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMIDOCARB; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 38049101282     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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