Investigation of seroprevalence of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi in horses in Nigde province, Turkey

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-113

  Karatepe, Bilge ^a   Karatepe, Mustafa ^a   Çakmak, Ayşe ^b   Karaer, Zafer ^b   Ergün, Gül ^c  

^a NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Horse; Indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT); Piroplasmosis; Theileria equi

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; THEILERIA; THEILERIOSIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS; TURKEY;

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA EQUI;

EID: 57349120567     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-008-9164-z     Document Type: Article

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