Babesia canis canis and Babesia canis vogeli clinicopathological findings and DNA detection by means of PCR-RFLP in blood from Italian dogs suspected of tick-borne disease

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Solano Gallego, L ^a   Trotta, M ^a   Carli, E ^a   Carcy, B ^b   Caldin, M ^a   Furlanello, T ^a  

^a Laboratorio d'Analisi Veterinarie San Marco   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Babesia canis canis; Babesia canis vogeli; Clinicopathological findings; Dog

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DOG; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOLYSIS; ITALY; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; ITALY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS; BABESIA CANIS CANIS; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 53249149103     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.07.024     Document Type: Article

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