A comparative study on the prevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in horse sub-populations in Turkey

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Sevinc, Ferda ^a   Maden, Mehmet ^a   Kumas, Cihan ^b   Sevinc, Mutlu ^a   Ekici, Ozlem Derinbay ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Veliefendi Hippodrome   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Racehorses; Studhorses; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABESIA CABALLI; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEROPREVALENCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CABALLI; CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE; IXODIDA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 50249093743     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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