First report of bovine anaplasmosis caused by Anaplasma centrale in Europe

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 107-110

  Carelli, Grazia ^a   Decaro, Nicola ^a   Lorusso, Eleonora ^a   Paradies, Paola ^a   Elia, Gabriella ^a   Martella, Vito ^a   Buonavoglia, Canio ^a   Ceci, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaplasma centrale; Cattle; Disease; Europe; Molecular characterization

Indexed keywords

CHAPERONIN; DNA 16S;

ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAIRY CATTLE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RICKETTSIOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA CENTRALE; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMATACEAE; BOS; BOVINAE; RICKETTSIALES;

EID: 57849090205     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.069     Document Type: Conference Paper

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