Molecular detection of Babesia rossi and Hepatozoon sp. in African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in South Africa

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 123-127

  Matjila, Paul Tshepo ^a   Leisewitz, Andrew L ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^a,b   Bertschinger, Henk J ^a   Penzhorn, Barend L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African wild dog; Babesia rossi; Hepatozoon; Lycaon pictus; RLB; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA ROSSI; BABESIOSIS; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; EHRLICHIA; HEPATOZOON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; THEILERIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BABESIA; CANIDAE; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; BABESIA; BABESIA ROSSI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEPATOZOON; IXODIDA; LYCAON PICTUS; THEILERIA;

EID: 51249103388     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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