Hemoprotozoa of domestic animals in France: Prevalence and molecular characterization

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 73-76

  Criado Fornelio, A ^a   Buling, A ^a   Pingret, J L ^b   Etievant, M ^b   Boucraut Baralon, C ^b   Alongi, A ^c   Agnone, A ^c   Torina, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epizootiology; Hepatozoon canis; PCR; Piroplasmida

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; BABESIA MAJOR; CAT; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CYTAUXZOON; DOG; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; HEPATOZOON CANIS; HEPATOZOONOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SHEEP; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATS; CATTLE; DATA COLLECTION; DOGS; FRANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SHEEP; THEILERIA; THEILERIASIS;

ANIMALIA; BABESIA CANIS VOGELI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYTAUXZOON; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CANIS; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; PIROPLASMIDA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA BUFFELI; THEILERIA OVIS; THEILERIA SP.;

EID: 57649200619     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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