Detection of Babesia bigemina in cattle of different genetic groups and in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus tick

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Oliveira, M C S ^a   Oliveira Sequeira, T C G ^b   Regitano, L C A ^a   Alencar, M M ^a   Neo T A ^c   Silva, A M ^d   Oliveira, H N ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Centro Universitario de Araraquara   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Babesiosis; Beef cattle; PCR; Tick

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIOSIS; BEEF CATTLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; CALF (BOVINE); CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INFESTATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HEMOLYMPH; MEROZOITES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS; BOOPHILUS BIGEMINA; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 47249109748     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.022     Document Type: Article

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